Mangaluru, June 23, 2020: A 70 year old person who had arrived in the city from Bengaluru on June 7 and was later tested positive for Covid-19 has succumbed to the infection on June 23, Tuesday. With this the number of people who have died due to Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada district has increased to nine.
It has been gathered that the patient had symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and was admitted to Wenlock Covid-19 Hospital on June 12. He was also suffering from pneumonia and asthma.