Covid-19 Claims 3 Lives In South

Patients succumb to the disease in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

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COVID-19 claimed the lives of an 80-year-old woman in Gadag, Karnataka, a 45-year-old man in Guntur (A.P) and an unidentified individual in Telangana, while Kerala expressed cautious optimism that it would be able to keep disease transmission under control on Thursday.

The Karnataka patient had no travel history or traceable contact. It was also the first positive case in Gadag district, and the sixth death in the State. There were 16 new cases on Thursday, taking its total to 197.

The fatality in Andhra Pradesh was from Narsaraopet in Guntur district. The State reported 15 more positive cases from four districts, and a cumulative death toll of six. There were 364 cases as of Thursday evening.

Telangana registered 18 coronavirus positive cases during the day. The individual who succumbed was under treatment, an official statement said. The State’s casualties stood at 12.