#Karnataka confirms first positive case of #COVID19. "The patient, around 40 years old, is a techie who arrived back to #Bengaluru from the US on March 1," Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar confirms. @IndianExpress

The infected person's wife and child is also admitted in the isolation ward in RGICD, Bengaluru. A colleague, who travelled with the techie to the US is also admitted and is symptomatic. @IndianExpress

#Coronavirus update: All primary schools (till class 5) in Bengaluru (aided, unaided, private) will remain closed till further orders from March 10. The #Karnataka govt had on Sunday announced closure of pre-primary schools from March 9. @IndianExpress @ieeducation_job

#Karnataka health department confirms three new positive cases of #COVID19 in #Bengaluru. While the new case of a 50-yr-old man is not connected to the earlier cases, the other two are the wife, and daughter of patient tested positive yesterday (on March 9). @IndianExpress

While the total number of #COVID19 positive cases in #Karnataka is at 4 now, 2 other contacts of the first person is also symptomatic. The unrelated fourth case tested positive on Tuesday (March 10) is of a 50-yr-old man who visited US and London recently. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka confirms fifth positive case of #COVID19. The latest addition is a 26-year-old male patient who came from Greece. "Patient is admitted and isolated at hospital and is stable. All primary contacts traced, asymptomatic," the @DHFWKA media bulletin reads. @IndianExpress

The man (fifth #COVID19 positive case in Karnataka) had landed in #Mumbai from #Greece on March 6 after which he travelled to #Bengaluru on March 8, #Karnataka health department clarifies. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka confirms India’s first #coronavirus death. The 76-yr-old man had reached #Kalaburagi after landing in #Hyderabad airport on Feb 29. He was admitted to a pvt hospital on March 9 as “suspected #COVID19 case”, @DHFWKA confirms. @IndianExpress (1/2)

The patient who passed away on March 10 “has been confirmed for #COVID19. The necessary contract tracing, isolation and other measures as per protocol are being carried out,” #Karnataka health minister @sriramulubjp confirms. @IndianExpress

Death of a 76 year old male from #Karnataka is confirmed to be caused due to co-morbidity and he has also tested positive for #COVID19: @MoHFW_INDIA. @IndianExpress
Here’s all that we know: https://twitter.com/mohfw_india/status/1238168719232241666

#Karnataka health department identifies 56 primary and 400 secondary contacts of the 76-yr-old man who died due to #COVIDー19 in #Kalaburagi. All 7 family members isolated at District Hospital, #Kalaburagi. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka reports seventh positive case of #COVID19. "He (the latest case) was in contact with the 76-year-old man who passed away in Kalaburagi," Health Minister B Sriramulu confirmed in a tweet. @IndianExpress https://twitter.com/sriramulubjp/status/1239183539981041664

#Karnataka Health Department clarifies seventh positive case of #COVID19 in State to be of a female patient. "She (daughter of deceased 76-year-old man) is already admitted in Kalaburgi District Hospital and her health condition is stable," the clarification reads. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka: Eighth #COVID19 positive case is of a 32-yr-old male techie in #Bengaluru. He returned from US via London in same flight in which 50-yr-old man (4th positive case in state) on March 8. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka reports two more new positive cases of #COVID19 taking the total to 10 — 9 active cases and one casualty in #Kalaburagi so far. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka: The ninth #COVID19 positive case in the state is of a 20-year-old female in #Bengaluru with a travel history to London. She is admitted in designated isolation hospital in Bengaluru. @IndianExpress

#COVID19: Tenth positive case in #Karnataka is a 60-year-old man in #Kalaburagi. He is a contact of the 76-year-old man who died of #COVID19 on March 10, @DHFWKA confirms. @IndianExpress

#COVID19: @DHFWKA clarifies case of patient tested positive for #coronavirus in #Kalaburagi late night on Monday. Says the man (63)* is the family doctor who was treating the 76-year-old man who died on March 10. @IndianExpress

*notified 60-yr-old man earlier

Karnataka Health Department confirms 11th #COVID19 positive case in a 67-year-old female in #Bengaluru. She returned from Dubai via Goa on March 9 and has been in strict home quarantine since then. 21 high risk contacts (including 5 family members) quarantined. @IndianExpress

Two more #COVID19 positive cases in #Karnataka taking the total to 13 as of today (March 18). “While one is of a 56 yr old male, a resident of #Bengaluru returned from USA March 6... (1/2) @IndianExpress

.. the other positive #COVID19 case in #Karnataka is of a 25 yr old female person who has returned from Spain. Both are admitted in designated isolated hospital,” #Karnataka Health Minister @sriramulubjp confirms. (2/2) @IndianExpress

Contrary to #Karnataka Health Minister Sriramulu's confirmation of Patient 12 and 13 tested positive on March 18, health department bulletin mentions them as 25-year old male and 56-year-old female. 14th #COVID19 positive case is of a 35-yr-old male - all 3 today in #Bengaluru.

#Karnataka confirms 15th positive case of #COVID19. “The patient is a male who returned to #Kodagu from Saudi Arabia. He is isolated in a designated hospital,” Health Minister B Sriramulu confirms. @IndianExpress

#COVID19: Karnataka health department confirms Patient 15 as a 35-year-old #Kodagu resident. Adds that the man travelled in a @KSRTC_Journeys Rajahamsa bus from Bengaluru to Coorg at 11.30 pm on March 15...(1/2) @IndianExpress

The bus ( KA19 F3170) had 33 passengers who had not reserved seats, "making it difficult for Department to trace them," @DHFWKA states requesting passengers to call on helpline number 104 or 08046848600 or 08066692000.
@IndianExpress #coronavirusindia

#Karnataka announces discharge of one patient in #Bengaluru (who landed from Greece via Mumbai on March 6) after he was cured of #COVID19 infection. Minister @mla_sudhakar says he will be in home isolation for 14 more days, as per protocol. @IndianExpress

#Covid19India: Four more people in #Karnataka expected to be discharged by Wednesday (March 25). Discharges will take place only after two consecutive #COVID19 tests indicate negative within 24 hours to confirm cure of infection, Minister @mla_sudhakar clarifies. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: #Karnataka records 16th positive #coronavirus case. Health Minister Sriramulu confirms the same stating the latest is reported in Chikkaballapura district in a 32-yr-old male who returned from Mecca. @IndianExpress

Total #COVID19 positive cases in #Karnataka rise to 18. Health department confirms 3 new cases (includes one case confirmed by Health Minister @sriramulubjp earlier today). @IndianExpress #Covid19India

#COVID19India: #Karnataka now has 20 positive cases. A total of 5 new patients were tested positive in the state as on 2 pm on Saturday (March 21), @DHFWKA confirms. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: Positive cases recorded in #Karnataka rise to 26. The six new cases include 3 in #Bengaluru and one each in #Dharwad, #Chikkaballapur, and Uttara Kannada (admitted to Wenlock Hospital, Mangaluru). @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: @MoHFW_INDIA confirms seven new #COVID19 positive cases in #Karnataka today (March 23). This is the biggest daily leap recorded in state since first positive case confirmed on March 9. Total positive cases now at 33. @IndianExpress

Of the seven new positive #COVID19 cases recorded in #Karnataka today, 6 are in #Bengaluru while one is in #Mysuru. Total positive cases in Karnataka (as on 2 pm, March 23) is 33. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: @MoHFW_INDIA confirms 4 new positive #coronavirus cases in #Karnataka (as on 8.45 am, March 24). The total has now risen to 37 in the state. More details from @DHFWKA awaited. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: Total number of positive cases in #Karnataka rise to 38. Of these, 3 cases are of transit passengers from #Kerala who landed in airports in #Karnataka.

#COVID19India: With 3 more cases recorded after 8 am on March 24, the total number of #COVID19 positive cases in Karnataka has risen to 41. Good news: 2 more patients (P2 & P4) have been cured of infection and has been discharged. @WeAreBangalore

#COVID19India: #Karnataka confirms 10 more new positive cases as on March 25 (2 pm). Total rises to 51. 8 of these new cases are in #Bengaluru. This includes two daughters of Patient 17 - aged 9 yrs and 7 yrs. @WeAreBangalore

#COVID19India: #Karnataka records second death due to #COVID-19 in state (70 year old, Chikkaballapura). Total number of cases rise to 55 now. P 52 (in Mysuru) has no travel/contact history as of now. "Detailed investigation under process," @DHFWKA confirms.

#COVID19India: #Karnataka confirms third death due to #coronavirus. The deceased is a 60-yr-old male resident of Tumkur who had a travelled to Delhi by train on March 13. He died in an isolation hospital in Tumkur on March 27 (Friday) morning.

#COVID19Karnataka: Total positive cases rise to 62. P 56 is a 10-month-old boy baby from Dakshina Kannada district who was taken to #Kerala by his family. Good news: 2 more patients discharged (P1 & P3) in Bengaluru. @WeAreBangalore

#Karnataka: Two more #COVID19 positive cases confirmed by @DHFWKA take the total to 64 in the state. The latest additions are of a 18-year-old male in Davangere and a 21-year-old male in Dakshina Kannada.

10 more new #COVID19 positive cases confirmed in #Karnataka as on 8 am, March 28. The new cases include 5 from Chikkaballapura, 3 from Uttara Kannada and 2 from Bengaluru. Total cases in Karnataka - 74.

#COVID19India: Two more positive cases confirmed by @DHFWKA takes the total cases to 76 in #Karnataka. 41 of these are in Bengaluru while 8 are from Chikkaballapura. 7 each from Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada. 5 discharges (cured), 3 deaths to date.

#COVID19India: @DHFWKA confirms seven new #COVID19 cases as on 2 pm, March 29. Total now at 83. New cases include 5 from Mysuru, 2 from Udupi. New helpline number - 9745697456. Citizens can contact 080-46848600 & 66692000 and 104 as well.

#COVID19: Total in #Karnataka rise to 88 after 5 new positive cases confirmed as on March 30 (8 am). The latest additions include 4 more from same pharma company in Nanjangud, Myrsuru (all contacts of P 52) and one from Tumkur (13-yr-old son if P 60)

#COVID19India: With 10 more positive #COVID19 cases confirmed from 5 pm on March 30 to 8 am on March 31, the total in #Karnataka is 98. Deaths - 3, Discharges - 6. Active cases - 89.

#Karnataka has now recorded 101 positive #COVID19 cases in total. Two patients (63 yr old male with travel history to #Brazil & #Argentina; and 62 yr old female - a #Bengaluru resident) are in the ICU. Active cases: 90. Discharges: 8. Deaths:3 (as at 2 pm, March 31).

Two more employees of the same pharma company in Nanjangud, #Mysuru test positive. The number of #COVID19 positive cases recorded from the same company alone is now 14. Two other cases in #Bengaluru also confirmed as on April 1 (8 am). Total in #Karnataka: 105. Discharges:9

Total #COVID19 positive cases in Karnataka rises to 110. New cases include 2 more contacts from Mysuru pharma (16 total), one #Kerala resident who landed in #Bengaluru airport, and one each from Dakshina Kannada and Bengaluru. Deaths -3. Discharges - 9. Patients in ICU - 3.

#COVID19Karnataka: Total #COVID19 cases rise to 124. New cases include 10 male attendees of #TablighiJamaat in #Bidar, one female contact of an attendee in Kalaburagi, two cases in #Mysuru and one in #Bellary. @IndianExpress

#COVID19 #Karnataka Mid-day Update: 75-yr-old with no contact or travel history tests positive in #Bagalkote. Detailed investigation underway. Total: 125. Deaths: 3. Discharges: 11. Active cases: 101. (As on April 3, 10 am) @IndianExpress

#COVID19: Total positive cases in #Karnataka rise to 128 after 3 more attendees of #TablighiJamaat test positive from #Belagavi. Discharges: 11. Deaths: 3. Active cases: 114. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: Karnataka records fourth death (75-year-old male patient in #Bagalkote) and 16 new positive cases of #COVID19 as on 5 pm on April 4. Total positive cases: 144. Deaths: 4. Discharges: 11. Active cases: 129. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: #Karnataka confirms two more positive cases in Madiwala, #Bengaluru as on 10 am, April 5. Total cases:146, Discharges: 11. Deaths: 4. Active cases: 131. @IndianExpress

With seven new patients testing +ve of #COVID19, total cases in #Karnataka rise to 151. All 5 new cases are attendees of #TablighiJamaat - 4 from #Belagavi and one from #Ballari. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: #Karnataka records 12 more #COVID19 positive cases between 5 pm on April 5 to 12 noon on April 6. Total cases: 163. Deaths: 4. Discharges: 18. Active cases: 141. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: 25 recovered from #COVID19 in #Karnataka so far. 12 new cases recorded, total cases (12 noon, April 7): 175. Deaths: 4. Active cases: 146. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: 6 new #COVID19 positive cases in Karnataka take the total to 181 (as on April 8, morning).
The new cases include 2 from #Kalaburagi, and one each from #Bengaluru, #UttaraKannada, #Chikkaballapura, and #Mandya. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka reports fifth death due to #COVID19. The deceased (P 177) is a 65-year-old man from #Kalaburagi who also suffered from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). He was admitted to a designated hospital in the city. @IndianExpress

JUST IN| #Karnataka reports one more death due to #COVID19 taking the total number of fatalities in the state so far to 6. The 80-yr-old from #Gadag succumbed to Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: 10 new positive cases confirmed in #Karnataka - 3 from #Bagalkote, 2 from #Mysuru, 2 from #Bengaluru, 1 each from #Chikkaballapura, #Belagavi, #Mandya. Total cases (as on April 9, morning): 191. Active cases: 157. @IndianExpress

#COVID19: #Karnataka records six more #COVID19 positive cases - 3 from #Bengaluru, 2 from #Belagavi, and one from #Dharwad. Excluding 30 discharges, and 6 deaths so far (5 pm, April 9), 161 cases are active in Karnataka. @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: #Karnataka records 10 more #COVID19 positive cases - 5 from #Mysuru, 2 each from #Bengaluru Urban and Rural areas, and one from #Kalaburagi. Total cases (12 noon, April 10): 207 . Deaths: 6 . Discharges: 30. Active cases: 171. @IndianExpress

4 more recover in #Karnataka from #COVID19 infections. 34 discharged so far in the state (As of 5 pm, April 10). Total cases: 207. Deaths: 6. Active cases: 167. @IndianExpress

#COVID19: Total positive cases in #Karnataka rise to 214 after 7 more test positive of #coronavirus. Of the new cases, 5 are in #Mysuru while one each are in #Bidar, and #Bengaluru. Discharges: 37. Deaths: 6. Active cases: 171 (As on 12 noon, April 11) @IndianExpress

39 recovered from #COVID19 infections in #Karnataka so far (as on 5 pm, April 11). Total cases: 215. Deaths: 6. Active cases: 170. 4 patients in ICU. @IndianExpress

#COVID19: Total positive cases in #Karnataka rise to 226 after 11 more test positive of #coronavirus. Of the new cases, 4 are in Belagavi, 3 in #Bengaluru, 2 in #Kalaburagi and one each in #Mysuru, and #Vijayapura. Discharges: 47. Deaths: 6. Active cases: 173 @IndianExpress

#COVID19Karnataka: 54 recover from #COVID19 so far in the state. 6 new cases rise total tally to 232. Deaths: 6. Active cases: 172 (5 pm, April 12). @IndianExpress

#COVID19India: 15 new #COVID19 cases confirmed in Karnataka as total rises to 247. This includes 59 discharges and 6 deaths so far (as of 12 pm, April 13). @IndianExpress

With 6 more discharges (as on 5 pm, April 13) total number of people who recovered from #COVID19 in #Karnataka reach 60. Deaths: 6. Active cases: 181. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka reports 7th death due to #COVID19. The deceased (P 205) was aged 55 years and succumbed to Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), @DHFWKA confirms. A resident of Kalburgi town, he was tested positive on April 10. @IndianExpress

One more patient succumbed to death due to #COVID19 in #Karnataka as death toll rises to 8. The deceased is a 65-year-old male patient who was admitted to RGICD in #Bengaluru on April 12, @DHFWKA confirms. @IndianExpress

JUST IN: #Karnataka reports 9th death due to #COVID19. The deceased is a 69-year-old male in Vijayapura district. Total cases: 258. Deaths: 9. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka reports 10th death due to #COVID19 in state. The deceased (P 252) is a 76-yr-old male resident of Bengaluru, @DHFWKA confirms. Total cases: 260. Discharges: 71. @IndianExpress

*The deceased (P 219). Error regretted.

#Karnataka reports one more death due to #COVID19 taking the total number of fatalities in the state so far to 11. The 65-yr-old man from #Chikkaballapur succumbed to comorbidities in #Bengaluru, @DHFWKA confirms. @IndianExpress

With 17 new #COVID19 positive cases, total in #Karnataka rises to 277 (12 pm, April 15). Deaths: 11. Discharges: 75. Active cases: 191. @IndianExpress

Death toll due to #COVID19 in #Karnataka rises to 12 as @DHFWKA confirms the death of an 80-year-old female patient in Hirebagewadi, #Belagavi. @IndianExpress

80 people in #Karnataka recovered from #COVID19 so far (5 pm, April 15). Total cases: 279. Active cases: 187, 3 in ICU. @IndianExpress

#Karnataka reports 13th death die to #COVID19 after a 66-yr-old male patient died in #Bengaluru late on April 15. “He was referred from a private hospital and was admitted in Victoria Hospital, and was on ventilator support since April 10,” @DHFWKA confirms. @IndianExpress

*due to

#Karnataka reports 34 new #COVID19 cases, the highest recorded in a day so far. The new cases include 17 in #Belagavi, 7 in #Vijayapura, 5 in #Bengaluru, 3 in #Mysuru and 1 each from #Kalaburagi, #Mysuru. Total cases: 313. Deaths: 13. @IndianExpress

82 people recovered from #COVID19 in #Karnataka so far. Total #coronavirus positive cases in state: 315 (5 pm, April 16). Deaths: 13. Active cases: 220 (include 2 patients in ICU - P 43, P 101). @IndianExpress

#Karnataka confirms 38 new #COVID19 cases as total rises to 353. Excluding 82 discharges and 13 states so far (12 pm, April 17), the state now has 258 active #coronavirus cases. @IndianExpress

88 people recovered from #COVID19 in #Karnataka so far. Total #coronavirus positive cases: 359 (5 pm, April 17). Deaths: 13. Active cases: 258 (include 3 patients in ICU - P 101, P 281, P 349). @IndianExpress

With 12 new #COVID19 cases, total rises to 371 in #Karnataka. Deaths:13. Discharges: 92. Active cases: 266. @IndianExpress

With the death of a 42-yr-old male (P 374) confirmed in the state, the death toll due to #COVID19 in Karnataka rises to 14. "This is the youngest fatality in the state so far," Minister @nimmasuresh confirms. @IndianExpress

Meanwhile, 16 more #COVID19 patients - including 10 from #Mysuru - recovered from the infection on Saturday to take the total discharges in #Karnataka (till 5 pm, April 18) to 104. Total cases:384. Deaths: 14. Active cases: 266 (include 3 in ICU - P 101, 281, 349). @IndianExpress

Total #COVID19 cases in #Karnataka rise to 388. All new cases are from #Mysuru, including 2 from #Nanjangud. Deaths: 14. Discharges: 105. Active cases: 269 (12 pm, April 19) @IndianExpress

With two more deaths — 65 yr old female in Bengaluru, 50 yr old female in Dakshina Kannada — reported in #Karnataka, death toll due to #COVID19 is now 16. (5 pm, April 19). @IndianExpress

#COVID19Karnataka: Total #COVID19 cases (till 5 pm, Apr 19): 390. Deaths:16. Discharges: 111. Active cases: 263. Most active cases: Mysuru (60). Most discharges: Bengaluru Urban (44). @IndianExpress

With 5 more #COVID19 positive cases in #Karnataka, total is now at 395. All new cases confirmed between 5 pm, April 19 to 12 noon, April 20 are from #Kalaburagi. @IndianExpress

#COVID19Karnataka: Total cases: 408. Deaths: 16. Discharges:112. Active cases: 280. (5 pm, April 20) @IndianExpress

Death toll due to #COVID19 in #Karnataka is now 17. “The deceased, an 80 yr old male resident of Kalaburagi, also a known case of Parkinson’s Disease since 4 years and bedridden since 3 years, got admitted on April 19 diagnosed of SARI,” @DHFWKA confirms. @IndianExpress

#COVID19Karnataka: Total cases rise to 415. Deaths: 17. Discharges: 114. Active cases: 284 (April 21, 12 noon). No new case from #Bengaluru, #Mysuru. @IndianExpress

129 recovered from #COVID19 in #Karnataka so far. Deaths: 17. Total cases: 418. Active cases: 272 (includes 5 patients in ICU). @IndianExpress

#COVID19: Total in #Karnataka rises to 425 as 7 new cases confirmed. While 5 of these are from #Kalaburagi, 2 are from #Bengaluru. (12 noon, April 22). @IndianExpress

Adding two updates that missed this thread:

April 22, 5 pm update:

131 recovered from #COVID19 in #Karnataka. Deaths: 17. Total cases: 427. Active cases: 279 (includes 5 patients in ICU). https://twitter.com/ralpharakal/status/1252925983289683968

April 23, 12 noon update: https://twitter.com/ralpharakal/status/1253211083633917952