Coronavirus cases breach 2,000 mark in Karnataka; 97 new cases

The health dept said the total number of positive cases was now 2,056, including 634 discharges, 1,378 active cases and 42 deaths

Covid-19 cases in Karnataka breached the 2,000 mark on Sunday with the detection of 97 cases, most of them returnees to the state from Maharashtra, the health department said.

Passengers in need of transportation wait at the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus stand after the government eased a nationwide lockdown against the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on May 19, 2020. (AFP)

It said the total number of positive cases was now 2,056, including 634 discharges, 1,378 active cases and 42 deaths

Of the total number of cases, 73 had returned from Maharashtra and 41 among them were women.

Giving the break up of cases, it said 26 patients were from Chikkaballapura, 18 from Udupi, 15 from Mandya, 14 from Hassan, six each from Kalaburagi and Yadagiri, four from Davangere, two each from Tumakuru and Uttara Kannada and one each from Kodagu, Vijayapura, Dakshina Kannada and Dharwad.