As many as 103 residents of an apartment complex in Bengaluru’s Bommanahalli area tested positive for COVID-19 after a party was held in the building. Out of the total 103 persons who got infected, 96 are aged above 60 years.
A party was held at the SNN Lake View apartment on February 4 and it was attended by most of the residents.
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad has confirmed that 103 of the total 1,052 persons residing in the apartment have tested positive for SARS-CoV2, reported The Indian Express.
He said: “We have tested 1,052 residents of the apartment; one person is admitted to hospital and others are in quarantine. The BBMP had put in place various measures, including isolating and quarantining those who had tested positive and we have intensified contact tracing.”
The Bengaluru civic body has sent the samples to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) to determine the coronavirus strain that has infected the residents.
According to the report, the residents of the Bengaluru building learnt that they have contracted COVID-19 after some of them got coronavirus tests done before leaving for a trip to Dehradun.
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