Mangaluru, April 25, 2020: Another Coronavirus positive case has been reported from Dakshina Kannada district on Friday. The throat swab sample of a 33 year old woman from Bantwal has been tested positive. With this the total number of Covid-19 infected persons in the district so far has risen to 18.
The Covid-19 affected woman has been admitted to Wenlock Hospital. She is the daughter of a 67 year old woman from Bantwal who is undergoing treatment at the same hospital for Coronavirus. The elderly woman is the immediate neighbour of the first Coronavirus victim of Dakshina Kannada district, a 50 year old woman from Bantwal who had succumbed last Sunday.
With the latest case, the total Coronavirus positive cases in Bantwal has risen to four. All the four are women and two have already died.
Of the 18 positive cases reported in the district so far, 12 have been cured and discharged. Two have died and four are undergoing treatment.