The 47-year-old wife and 13-year-old daughter of the Bangalore techie, who had tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, were also found to have contracted the virus, the state health department revealed on Tuesday. Though they have no travel history,
they are suspected to have contracted it from the 46-year-old techie himself.
With the latest cases in the city, the nationwide tally of COVID-19 positive persons has reached 58. Addressing the media, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said, “Four people have so far tested positive for Covid-19 but only two of them had travelled.
The other two have contracted the virus here in Bengaluru.” The fourth patient who turned positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday is a 50-year-old techie who travelled from the US and reached Bengalore via London on March 8.
unlike the first patient, we have tested him only once. We sent the sample to National Institute of Virology, Bengaluru, and found that he has COVID-19,” he added
Asked about the passengers who were seated with him on both the flights from the US and from London, Pandey said, “We have to contact 25-30 people per flight. We are still doing it.”
