67 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, most cases with inter- state travel history

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Press Trust of India Bengaluru
Last Updated : May 20 2020 | 8:37 PM IST

Cases with inter-state travel history continued to haunt Karnataka, as the state reported 67 new COVID-19 positive cases and a fatality, taking the total number of infections to 1,462 and the death toll to 41, the health department said on Wednesday.

"Fifty two out of these 67 cases newly confirmed for coronavirus infections have an inter-state travel history.

Among them, 51 are from neighboring Maharashtra and one from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh," Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is the spokesperson for COVID-19 in Karnataka, told reporters here.

He said "...we are facing problems because of import (of cases) from other states."
Now we have stopped direct trains and by-road movement from these states. We will examine regarding Shramik trains and how to go about it."
The Minister said one Rajdhani express arrived in Bengaluru with 180 passengers and swab tests were conducted on 22 of them at the railway station

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First Published: May 20 2020 | 8:37 PM IST

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