COVID-19: Over 2 lakh samples tested, 1 lakh plus people in institutional quarantine in K’taka

Team Udayavani, May 27, 2020, 10:35 AM IST

Bengaluru: A total of 2,28,914 samples have been tested so far, out of which 9,020 were tested on Tuesday alone. So far 2,23,477 samples have reported as negative, and out of the 8,169 reported negatives on Tuesday informed Minister Suresh Kumar.

As of date, 1,09,000 people are in institutional quarantine in Karnataka at various places like hostels, schools, hotels, while 10,000 are in-home quarantine.

Out of the first 500 cases reported in the state between March 8 to April 24, 473 patients have been discharged so far, five are active cases undergoing treatment, and 22 deaths have occurred including one with non-COVID reason.

Pointing out that domestic flight services have resumed since Monday, Minister Kumar said, till Tuesday morning 32 flights have landed from the red zone with 685 passengers, while two flights arrived from green zones with 47 passengers.

From May 14 till date, 12 trains have come to Bengaluru carrying 4,302 passengers.