COVID-19 Updates: 10-month-old baby from Karnataka's Mangalore tested positive

A 10-month-old baby from a village in Dakshina Kannada district has tested positive for Covid-19, health officials said.

The baby was admitted to a private hospital at Derlakatte here on March 23 with high fever and acute respiratory illness.

The throat swab was sent to the lab for



testing the next day and it tested positive, a release from district health officer Ramachandra Bayari said on Friday. The baby is now in stable condition.

The release further said Sajipanadu village in Bantwal taluk has been quarantined as a precautionary measure and no one is allowed to enter or go out of the village.