<p class="title">A 72-year-old woman from Danayakapura of Ajjampura in the district breathed her last on Thursday due to Covid-19. She was P-7,778.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The elderly woman had come to Chikkamagaluru from Channagiri taluk of Davanagere and had her health check-up done at a health centre in Ajjampura on Tuesday. She was diagnosed with ILI and SARI symptoms. She was admitted to the district hospital on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham has confirmed that the patient died at 12.40 pm on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 52-year-old person (P-7,779) who had come into primary contact of the elderly woman, has also tested positive for Covid-19. A woman and three children who had come in contact with the elderly woman, a doctor of a Health Centre at Ajjampura, medical officer of the health centre, three nurses, four D-Group staff of the hospital where the elderly woman was treated initially, have been subjected to quarantine. Swab samples of all the persons have been sent for testing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The DC said that other persons who had come in contact with the elderly are being traced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, a 50-year-old person (P-7,780) from Hariharapura origin in Koppa has also tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. He belongs to the four-member family, which had returned to the district from Maharashtra. Three others tested positive for Coronavirus on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The infected have been admitted to the district Covid-19 hospital in Chikkamagaluru. District surveillance officer Dr H K Manjunath stated that 130 people have been quarantined in the isolation ward of the district Covid-19 hospital and their nasal and throat swab samples have been sent to the laboratory for testing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">174 samples sent to the lab earlier, have tested negative for Covid-19 and 283 reports are awaited, he added.</p>
<p class="title">A 72-year-old woman from Danayakapura of Ajjampura in the district breathed her last on Thursday due to Covid-19. She was P-7,778.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The elderly woman had come to Chikkamagaluru from Channagiri taluk of Davanagere and had her health check-up done at a health centre in Ajjampura on Tuesday. She was diagnosed with ILI and SARI symptoms. She was admitted to the district hospital on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham has confirmed that the patient died at 12.40 pm on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 52-year-old person (P-7,779) who had come into primary contact of the elderly woman, has also tested positive for Covid-19. A woman and three children who had come in contact with the elderly woman, a doctor of a Health Centre at Ajjampura, medical officer of the health centre, three nurses, four D-Group staff of the hospital where the elderly woman was treated initially, have been subjected to quarantine. Swab samples of all the persons have been sent for testing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The DC said that other persons who had come in contact with the elderly are being traced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, a 50-year-old person (P-7,780) from Hariharapura origin in Koppa has also tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. He belongs to the four-member family, which had returned to the district from Maharashtra. Three others tested positive for Coronavirus on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The infected have been admitted to the district Covid-19 hospital in Chikkamagaluru. District surveillance officer Dr H K Manjunath stated that 130 people have been quarantined in the isolation ward of the district Covid-19 hospital and their nasal and throat swab samples have been sent to the laboratory for testing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">174 samples sent to the lab earlier, have tested negative for Covid-19 and 283 reports are awaited, he added.</p>