Bengaluru, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 65-year-old man from Karnataka's Chikkaballapura succumbed to COVID-19 even as 17 new patients tested positive, raising the state's tally to 277, an official said on Wednesday.
"Positive case 250, 65-years-male patient, resident of Chikkaballapura, was referred from a private hospital in Bengaluru expired early morning Wednesday," said a health official.
According to the Health Department, the 65-year-old man also suffered from H1N1, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with obstructive sleep apnea and a history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
Chikkaballapura is 61 km north of Bengaluru.
The latest COVID-19 fatality is Karnataka's 11th such death.
Karnataka's 261st COVID-19 positive case is a 59-year-old man from Ananthapur, suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). He is isolated a designated private hospital in the city.
A 52-year-old man from Bagalkot, contact of 186th case is 262nd case.
Similarly, from the same place, a police officer tested positive while on duty at a Madrasa. The 39-year-old policeman has been designated as 263rd case.
As many as nine employees from the Mysuru-based Jubilant Generics Limited pharmaceutical company employees turned positive.
The nine cases included a 41-year-old man, 264th case, a 30-year-old man, 265, a 27-year-old man, 266, a 35-year-old man, 267, a 26-year-old man, 268, a 23-year-old man, 269, a 35-year-old man, 270, a 28-year-old man, 271 and a 32-year-old man, 272.
The state's 273rd case is a 72-year-old man from the same place with SARI.
A One year old infant, boy, from Kalaburagi is the 274th case. He is suffering from an Influenza-like illness.
A 38-year-old woman from Vijayapura is 275th case. She is a contact of 221st case.
Next, a 25-year-old man from the same place with similar contact history is the 276th case.
The last case for Wednesday morning and the state's 277th case is a 32-year-old woman from the city. She is a contact of 252nd case.
Meanwhile, city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has marked 38 wards as COVID-19 hotspots in the city.
Zone wise, Bommanahalli accounted for two wards, Mahadevapura, 6, Bengaluru East, 9, Bengaluru South, 12, Bengaluru West, 7 and Yelahanka, 2.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz