10 Month Old Baby In Karnataka Tests Positive, Source Unidentified

A 10-month-old baby boy from Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada has tested positive for COVID-19. The boy had no prior history of foreign travel and the Karnataka state bulletin states that the family had reportedly travelled to Kerala. 

The boy had fever and severe acute respiratory illness. On March 23, he was admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru. On March 24, the baby's throat swab was taken for testing. He tested positive on March 26. The whole village that the boy belongs to has been quarantined. 

Karanataka has totally reported 62 cases of COVID-19 with 3 deaths.

Update: 2020-03-27 10:52 GMT

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