Karnataka CM Yediyurappa discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa was discharged from Bengaluru's Manipal Hospital after he recovered from Covid-19.

The 78-year old leader was hospitalised on April 16, after he tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time in eight months.

He was earlier hospitalised on August 2, 2020 after he tested positive for coronavirus, and was discharged on recovery after nine days.

"I am healthy now after the treatment. I have called cabinet meeting today at 4 pm today," the CM is quoted as saying by ANI.

The Chief Minister, who had been campaigning for April 17 bypolls to Belgaum Lok Sabha, and Maski and Basavakalyan assembly segments had developed fever while campaigning in Belagavi but had tested negative. However, during a subsequent test on April 16 he tested positive and was hospitalised.

Karnataka is seeing a big rise in Covid-19 cases with the state reporting over 23,000 cases for the first time on Wednesday.

With PTI inputs