A jawdropping number of more than 3000 patients is currently untraceable as Karnataka sees sudden spike in number of cases for second consecutive days. Most of the cases are from Bengaluru alone.
Now, this forms more than seven per cent of the cases and immediate order to trace them is on.
While the authorities are doing their best to trace them, a lot of people might be self-quarantined at their home itself after testing, says the officials.
The officials are currently looking into Government proof as well as phone number to verify the cases.
“We could trace some of the positive patients with the help of police but 3,338 are still untraceable. Some of them provided wrong mobile number and address at the time of giving samples. They disappeared after getting positive results,” said N Manjunath Prasad, commissioner of the city’s civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
“We have to ensure that all the infected persons have to be traced and quarantined. We have prioritised it so that they could be traced and isolated,” said the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Ashwat Narayan.
Karnataka on Saturday registered over 5,000 new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, taking its total past 90,000. Bengaluru alone reported 2,036 new cases taking its overall tally to 43,503
