<p>Deputy commissioner B Sharat said that as the 76-year-old aged man who died on Tuesday night tested positive for COVID-19, a total 43 persons including the family members of the deceased and those who were in constant touch with him have been quarantined and the health department officials kept a close watch on them. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/coronavirus-india-registers-first-covid-19-death-kalaburagi-man-was-infected-confirms-karnataka-813168.html">Coronavirus claims India's first victim in Karnataka</a></strong></p>.<p>They have not shown symptoms of coronavirus so for. The quarantined people included those who treated the deceased in the private hospital here and the neighbours. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-say-no-to-panic-say-yes-to-precautions-tweets-pm-modi-799686.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates of coronavirus cases in India here</strong></a></p>.<p>The family members of the deceased have been quarantined at their home in the city and the Heath department officials kept a close watch on them. </p>.<p>If they showed any symptoms, they will immediately be shifted to the 400-bed Isolation ward set up at the ESIC hospital in the City, he explained.</p>
<p>Deputy commissioner B Sharat said that as the 76-year-old aged man who died on Tuesday night tested positive for COVID-19, a total 43 persons including the family members of the deceased and those who were in constant touch with him have been quarantined and the health department officials kept a close watch on them. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/coronavirus-india-registers-first-covid-19-death-kalaburagi-man-was-infected-confirms-karnataka-813168.html">Coronavirus claims India's first victim in Karnataka</a></strong></p>.<p>They have not shown symptoms of coronavirus so for. The quarantined people included those who treated the deceased in the private hospital here and the neighbours. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-say-no-to-panic-say-yes-to-precautions-tweets-pm-modi-799686.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates of coronavirus cases in India here</strong></a></p>.<p>The family members of the deceased have been quarantined at their home in the city and the Heath department officials kept a close watch on them. </p>.<p>If they showed any symptoms, they will immediately be shifted to the 400-bed Isolation ward set up at the ESIC hospital in the City, he explained.</p>
