One of the two COVID-19 cases reported from Karnataka is a 63-year old doctor from Kalaburagi. He had treated the 76-year old man who died and later tested positive for COVID-19.

Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner B. Sharat said the doctor had visited the patient’s house and treated him initially.

The doctor was under home-isolation for some days now. He is now be shifted to ESIC quarantine ward, Mr. Sharat said.

Kalaburagi administration is now keeping the doctor’s direct contacts and the deceased man’s secondary contacts in home-isolation.