18 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, Bengaluru Urban accounts for 11

Bengaluru, Apr 24 () Eighteen new cases of coronavirushave been confirmed in Karnataka taking the total number ofinfections in the state to 463, the Health department said onFriday.

The new cases, including one woman and two children, werereported from Thursday evening till Friday noon and the totalcases of 463 included 18 deaths and 150 discharges, it said ina mid-day situation bulletin.

Among the latest cases, eleven, including five of themaccused in Padayarayanapura violence and lodged in Ramanagarajail, are from Bengaluru Urban district.

The five are among 126 people arrested in connection withthe attack on health workers when they went to the minority-dominated Padarayanapura for quarantining some people who werethe primary and secondary contacts of coronavirus patientsfrom the area on April 19.

Among the fresh cases, two each are from Belagavi andBagalkote districts, one each are from Tumakuru,Chikkaballapura and Vijayapura. Fifteen out of 18 cases are contacts of patients alreadytested positive, two are with the history of Influenza LikeIllness (ILI) and one with travel history to Surat in Gujarat. KSUVS VS