BENGALURU : Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar, on Saturday, said that SDM college in Dharwad has become a Covid clusters as 281 people have tested positive so far.
The minister however, ruled out the idea of a lockdown in the state. He said that, "I'm told there was a cultural fest and it spread there.
But we are not in a situation to impose curbs [in the state]. Marriages and other events are happening too." According to Dharwad's district magistrate Nitish Patil, six patients out of the total 281 cases are found symptomatic.
Patil said that the Covid caseload might increase as 1,822 test results are awaited. Patil further confirmed that everyone has been quarantined and are being treated.