February 2020 •
On 24 February, an IT professional who worked at a tech park in the outskirts of
Bengaluru and stayed in a PG accommodation travelled to
Dubai on an assignment on 15 February and returned to Bengaluru on 20 February. He attended office for two days – 20 and 21 February. After taking the bus to
Hyderabad, Telangana, his samples had tested positive on 24 February.
March 2020 •
On 8 March, an employee of
Dell who traveled from
Texas on 28 February via New York City and
Dubai, before arriving at Bengaluru on 1 March, tested positive for coronavirus. His wife and daughter along with one of his colleagues were admitted to a hospital. The colleague showed flu-like symptoms. •
On 10 March, an employee of
Mindtree came back to Bengaluru from an overseas trip. He tested positive. •
On 12 March, a 26-year-old man, an employee of Google who came from a trip to Greece, was confirmed to be positive for coronavirus, according to the state health department. In addition, his wife did not disclose their travel history and had evaded protocols while traveling back to her hometown of
Agra in Uttar Pradesh. The country's first death due to coronavirus was reported from Karnataka after the state confirmed that samples of a deceased 76-year-old man from
Kalaburagi were positive. The man had returned from Saudi Arabia on 29 February. •
On 16 March, a 32-year-old man, who returned from the US via London earlier this month, tested positive. He had returned from the US via London on 8 March by the same flight as the patient #4 (Mindtree employee) who had tested positive. •
On 17 March, three more cases were reported – The first was a 20-year-old woman who had travelled to the United Kingdom. The second one, the 63-year-old doctor who treated the senior citizen who died recently of COVID-19 in Kalaburagi. In another case reported, a 67-year-old female resident of Bengaluru returned from Dubai via
Goa on 9 March. She is a known case of chronic kidney disease. •
On 18 March, three more positive cases were reported in Bengaluru. The first, a 56-year-old man who returned from the US on 6 March. The second, a 26-year-old woman who returned from Spain. The third, a 35-year-old man who returned from US on 10 March. •
On 19 March, one more positive case confirmed in
Kodagu with travel history to Saudi Arabia. The person arrived at Bengaluru from Dubai on 15 March. •
On 21 March, five positive cases were reported in the state. The first is a 53-year-old woman from Bengaluru. She was a housemaid for case-11, a 67-year-old female who was confirmed as positive on 17 March. The second and the third are from Bengaluru of age 39 and 21 years respectively. The former returned from
Amsterdam, Netherlands on 19 March and the latter from
Scotland on 17 March. The fourth, a 32-year-old man with travel history to
Mecca from
Gauribidanur in
Chikkaballapura. The fifth is a 35-year-old male from Mysore who arrived at Bengaluru on 19 March from Dubai. •
On 23 March, seven positive cases were reported in the state. Two of them (P27, P33) are from
Kerala with travel history to Dubai and currently being treated at
Mysuru & Bengaluru respectively. All remaining five cases are from Bengaluru, four with travel history (P28, P29, P31, P32)- from
Dubai, UK, UK and Germany and one being a local transmission – P30 who is the wife of P17. •
On 24 March, eight new cases were reported including 3 transit passengers of
Kerala who had landed in airports and were being treated in
Karnataka. •
On 26 March, four more positive cases were confirmed in the state. P52 from
Mysuru has neither travel history nor contact of him with any other positive cases. •
On 27 March, nine new cases were reported. A 65-year-old man with travel history to Delhi, died in
Tumakuru. P56 (10-month-old male child) from
Dakshina Kannada had no history of travel to
COVID-19-affected countries but was taken by parents to nearby
Kerala and investigation is underway for tracing. •
On 29 March, seven new cases were reported, of which five were from the same pharmaceutical company in
Nanjanagudu. This is termed as a cluster, and the town has been put under complete lockdown. •
On 30 March, five new cases were reported, of which four were from the same pharmaceutical company in Nanjanagudu. P84 from
Tumakuru is the son of P60. •
On 31 March, thirteen new cases were reported, of which two were from the same pharmaceutical company in Nanjanagudu, three were from
Ballari and had only been to Bengaluru, and one person in Bengaluru with no travel details is in ICU.
April 2020 •
On 2 April, fourteen new cases have come out, including 2 from Nanjanagudu and 11 from
Tablighi Jamaat meet in
Bidar. •
On 3 April, four new cases including 3 from
Belagavi who attended
Tablighi Jamaat meet, Delhi and a 70-year-old man from
Bagalkot. •
On 4 April, the 75-year-old man from
Bagalkot died. 16 new cases were confirmed. •
On 10 April, several new
SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Infection) cases were emerging (8 to date), which became a mystery for the health department. •
On 12 April, 567 new cases were reported. A new case emerged after 21 days of travel. An unknown cluster seemed to have emerged in
Vijayapura. •
On 23 April, a cluster emerged in Bangalore with 9 contacts of a migrant labourer from Bihar testing positive. •
On 30 April, 30 new cases were reported.
May 2020 •
On 4 May, 37 new cases were reported, of which 20 were contacts of P533 in Davanagere, and 7 were contacts of P590 in Bidar. == Early containment efforts ==