COVID-19 Recoveries: Two in Karnataka Bounce Back
COVID-19 Recoveries: Two in Karnataka Bounce Back
On Thursday, 19 March, Karnataka Minister K Sudhakar announced that two people who tested positive in Karnataka have completely recovered and will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.
One of the patients who recovered is a 47-year-old female who was the primary contact (and wife) of the first-ever case in Karnataka - the 46-year-old male Dell employee who had returned from the United States.
The second recovery was of the fifth patient to be infected with COVID-19 in the state. He is from Mumbai and was working in Bangalore with Google. He went on honeymoon to Greece on 23 February, returned to Mumbai on 6 March and subsequently came to Bangalore on 8 March.
This brings the total recovered cases up to 15, out of a total of 167 cases in India so far.
Meanwhile, there was 1 more death reported today in Punjab, bringing the total up to 4 deaths in India.
According to the World Health Organisation, the novel coronavirus has killed over 8,000 people globally and infected more than two lakh.
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