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Bengaluru: As many as 13 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Karnataka on Friday, May 1 evening.
Of the 13 new cases, six are from Davanagere, two are from the Dakshina Kannada district, two are from Kalaburagi, one is from Vijayapura, one from Chikkaballapura and one from Hubballi-Dharwad.
Earlier in the day, 11 people tested positive for COVID-19.
Of the six people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the evening, five, including a 1-month-old baby boy, are contacts of Patient 556. The other is a contact of Patient 533.
The two cases from Dakshina Kannada are a 69-year-old man from the Bantwal taluk and a 62-year-old man from the district. The former is a contact of Patient 390 and the latter is a contact of Patient 536.
One of the cases from Kalaburagi is a 56-year-old man with severe acute respiratory illness and the case from Hubballi-Dharwad is a 57-year-old man with an influenza-like illness.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state has risen to 589, which includes 22 deaths and 251 discharges.
