<p class="title">Kodagu district recorded the first death related to Covid-19 after a 58-year-old man died of Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After he complained of breathlessness, the person hailing from Dandinapete in Kushalnagar was admitted to a private hospital in Kushalnagar and later to the district Covid-19 hospital, on July 4.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, he breathed his last after half an hour of his admission. His throat swab sample tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was suffering from diabetes and hypertension for the past 10 years. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu district Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy said that the last rites were performed on Sunday, as per the guidelines issued by government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All precautionary measures had been taken during the last rites. The public need not panic, she appealed in a tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The wife of the deceased person has also been tested positive for Covid-19. She is a health worker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following the same, Dandinapete and Basavanahalli regions of Kushalnagar have been brought under the containment zones. The private hospital where the infected person had availed treatment, has been sealed.</p>
<p class="title">Kodagu district recorded the first death related to Covid-19 after a 58-year-old man died of Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After he complained of breathlessness, the person hailing from Dandinapete in Kushalnagar was admitted to a private hospital in Kushalnagar and later to the district Covid-19 hospital, on July 4.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, he breathed his last after half an hour of his admission. His throat swab sample tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was suffering from diabetes and hypertension for the past 10 years. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu district Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy said that the last rites were performed on Sunday, as per the guidelines issued by government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All precautionary measures had been taken during the last rites. The public need not panic, she appealed in a tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The wife of the deceased person has also been tested positive for Covid-19. She is a health worker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following the same, Dandinapete and Basavanahalli regions of Kushalnagar have been brought under the containment zones. The private hospital where the infected person had availed treatment, has been sealed.</p>