Two more test positive Coronavirus infected cases go up to 10

in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Mar 17 (PTI) Two more persons tested positive
for COVID-19 late last night, taking the number of infected
cases to 10 in Karnataka, Health Department officials said on
Tuesday.
"We have got 2 more #COVID2019 cases in Karnataka taking
the total number of confirmed cases to 10", Health and Family
Welfare Minister B Sriramulu tweeted.
"Both are admitted in designated isolation hospital".
One is a 20-year-old woman who travelled from the UK and
another was a 60-year-old "contact" of the 76-year-old man
from Kalaburagi who became the countrys first Coronavirus
casualty last week, officials said.
Earlier on Monday, a 32-year-old man who returned from
the US via London earlier this month tested positive for
Coronavirus, making it the eighth case in Karnataka.
He was on home quarantine, and has now been admitted in
isolation facility.
"He has returned from US via London on 8th March 2020.
(Same flight as Patient number-4 who was tested positive),
officials said.
The Government on Monday decided to create "war-rooms" in
state-run medical colleges-district hospitals in its fight
against the COVID-19.
There are a total of 17 districts where there are
government medical colleges attached with hospitals.
Such medical colleges-government hospitals would
themselves act as "war-rooms" to deal with the Coronavirus
outbreak, according to Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K.
"In each medical colleges-government hospitals, a
separate 150-200 bed zone will be created (to deal with such
cases)", he said after a meeting with Directors of
Government-run medical colleges on Monday.
Health department officials said in the remaining 13
districts, the government would reach out to private medical
colleges and hospitals to join hands to contain the spread of
the virus.
Karnatakas 10 coronavirus positive cases include that of
a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who died "due to co-
morbidity and has also tested positive for COVID-19" last
week. PTI RS APR
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