In such a critical situation, the authorities have said they have absolutely no means to track virus carriers’ activities. They are unaware of whether these patients have quarantined themselves or not after the tests came positive.
Bengaluru| The IT capital Bengaluru is grappling with the rising coronavirus cases. Amid the crisis, as many as 3,338 patients infected with the novel coronavirus are ‘untraceable’. Authorities have said that an extensive search is going on to trace them.
The missing number of patients accounts for seven percent of the total Covid-19 positive people in the city. Witnessing an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases in the last 14 days, the count in Bengaluru has gone up to 27,000 from about 16,000.
Nearly 50 percent of cases recorded in Karnataka are from Bengaluru. The health officers, according to a report by NDTV, told they are unable to trace the missing coronavirus patients despite best efforts.
The commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), N Manjunath Prasad, told NDTV, “We could trace some of the positive patients with the help of police but 3,338 are still untraceable. Some of them provided the wrong mobile numbers and addresses at the time of giving samples. They disappeared after getting positive results.”
In such a critical situation, the authorities have said they have absolutely no means to track virus carriers’ activities. They are unaware of whether these patients have quarantined themselves or not after the tests came positive.
Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Ashwat Narayan said they have to ensure that all infected persons are traced and quarantined. After the crisis, the health officials have now decided to ask for government-issued identity cards and verify mobile numbers while collecting samples for coronavirus tests.
Karnataka registered over 5,000 new positive cases for the third day in a row on Saturday, crossing the 90,000 mark. Bengaluru alone reported 2,036 fresh cases, taking the total tally of the city to 43,503.
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