Over 3,000 Covid-19 positive patients ’untraceable’ in Bengaluru amid sharp rise in case

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Bengaluru, July 27, 2020: More than 3,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus have gone missing in Karnataka’s capital and the health authorities in the state are unable to trace them. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has said that many patients disappeared soon after they were tested positive.

BBMP commissioner N Manjunath Prasad on Sunday said as many as 3,338 people whose samples at the labs returned positive have gone missing. Some provided wrong mobile numbers and address while getting tested, he added.

"From the beginning till now, there have been 3,338 people whose samples at the labs returned positive but they are untraceable. We are working on addressing the issue” the Times of India quoted the BBMP commissioner as saying.

With nearly 27,000 reported in the last 14 days, the coronavirus infections have been rising at an alarming rate in Bengaluru. Karnataka reported 5,072 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking the state’s total tally to 90,942, even as 72 more patients succumbed to the virus.