Davangere: Senior most MLA of the state Shyamanur Shivashankarappa and his son SS Mallikarjun and three others of his family tested positive for COVID 19.
All are now being treated at a city hospital run by the family.
His son SS Mallikarjun is 55 years old. Even though all are hospitalized, none of them have any COVID 19 symptoms.
It can be recalled that Davanagere, their home town is one of the worst-hit COVID 19 districts in the state.