Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (MS)

Bantwal, May 24: One more positive case for coronavirus pandemic was reported in the district of Dakshina Kannada (DK).

The 42-year-old police constable who came in contact with a person, who arrived from Maharashtra tested positive on Sunday, May 24.

The police constable who has tested positive belongs to Vittal police station of Bantwal taluk.

The police personnel is said to have contracted the infection from a 30-year-old man who tested positive on May 18. The man, a resident of Karopady in Bantwal, had returned from Raigad in Maharashtra. He had been to Vittal police station before going to quarantine. It is suspected that the police constable got the infection from that person.

The coronavirus positive case came to light during the swab test done on police personnel.

With this the count of cases in DK has reached 66 positive, out of which 34 are currently active. As many as 26 persons have recovered and been discharged, and six deaths have occurred so far.