3rd person tested positive for Covid

Telangana on Sunday registered its third positive case of coronavirus

(Covid-19). A man from Hyderabad with a recent travel history to The Netherlands, said to be in his 40s, according to health department officials, was tested positive for Covid-19. He is currently undergoing treatment at the Gandhi Hospital, sources said.

He is the second Covid19 positive patient at the Gandhi Hospital. It may be recalled that on Saturday, a 24-year-old woman from BhadadriKothagudem district, who had come to the hospital for check-ups following some coronavirus-caused symptoms, had tested positive. She had recently returned from Italy, where she was pursuing a degree in medicine.

Meanwhile, officials said that the health status of 28 other individuals, who had come into contact with the 76-year-old man from Karnataka, who had visited the city to seek treatment and passed away later on his way back to Gulbarga three days ago, was being closely monitored.

At least, two more people from the city are learnt to have been admitted to the Gandhi hospital since Saturday with Covid-19 symptoms.

In its daily Covid19 status bulletin released late in the night, the Health Department said that a total of test results on 28 individuals were awaited including samples collected from 21 persons who were admitted to Gandhi Hospital and kept under observation in the isolation ward. As many as 63 persons were advised to stay in quarantine at their homes on Sunday, the department said.