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Untitled Carousel Third Covid-19 death in Karnataka: 65-year-old man passes away in Tumkur district A 65-year-old man, who was tested positive for novel coronavirus, passed away in Karnataka’s Tumkur district on Friday. This is the third death in Karnataka due to COVID-19.

A 10-month-old child tested positive forinon Friday. Apart from him, six others have also tested positive for the contagious virus, taking the state toll to 62.The toddler, residing in Dakshina Kannada has no travel history to any of the COVID-19 affected countries. However, as per preliminary investigation, the child had visited Kerala along with his family members. While the child has been isolated at a designated hospital, a detailed investigation is underway and six primary contacts have been traced so far and are currently under homeBesides him, a 20-year-oldresident has also tested positive. He had a travel history to Colombo and had arrived in India on March 15.Another person from the Karnataka capital has tested positive for coronavirus. She had travelled to London earlier and landed in India on March 18. Currently, she has been isolated and kept under observation at a designated hospital in Bengaluru.A 35-year-old female and a 33-year-old female, both of whom were traced as the contacts of an earlier patient, who was a housemaid, have now come out as positive in Bengaluru.Meanwhile, Karnataka saw its third COVID-19 death on Friday after a 65-year-old man passed away in Tumkur district. The man had no travel history to the infected countries but had visited Delhi on March 5 and had returned to Bengaluru on March 11 in the Kongu Express.Earlier this month, a 76-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman died due to the virus.