Raichur: Four people, including a minor, tested positive for COVID-19 and one person died from the disease on Wednesday, May 20 evening. This takes the total number of confirmed cases up to 1,462.
Earlier in the day, it was reported that 63 people tested positive for the disease.
The deceased is identified as Patient 1,236, a 43-year-old man from Bengaluru Urban with a history of hypertension and myocarditis. He also had a history of travel to Vellore in Tamil Nadu. According to the news bulletin released by the state health department, he was admitted to a hospital on Mat 18.
The four from Raichur, who tested positive for COVID-19 today evening, are all women, one of whom is a 12-year-old girl. They all have a history of travel to Mumbai.
Of the 1,462 cases reported from the state, 41 are deaths, one is a non-COVID caused death and 556 are discharges.