Nearly 3,000 COVID-19 patients gone missing in Bengaluru; police launch search

By Team Newsable | First Published Apr 29, 2021, 12:35 PM IST

The minister made a frantic appeal to the missing people to report to helplines and be in touch with the doctors to avoid any other medical problems later.

Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Wednesday claimed that around 3,000 people infected with Covid-19 are missing from Bengaluru. He told reporters that the government has asked the police to track the missing people, even though many of them have switched off their mobile phones.

Ashoka said police have been asked to trace the missing people. However, the police remained tight-lipped on their strategy to track the 'missing' individuals.

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“We are giving free medicines to the people, which can control 90% cases, but they [those infected with Covid] have switched off their mobile phones,” Ashoka said. “They reach the hospital in a critical stage to desperately look for the ICU beds. This is what is happening now.”

He added, “I feel that at least 2,000 to 3,000 people in Bengaluru have switched off their phones and left their houses. We don’t know where they have gone.” He said it was wrong to go to hospitals at the last minute and said the rate of infection will only increase with such behaviour.

Making a strong appeal, Ashoka said, “I request them with folded hands to keep their mobile phones switched on. Otherwise, they will further spread the virus, besides jeopardising their own health.”

On Wednesday, Karnataka recorded its highest single-day spike of 39,047 cases taking its total caseload since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 to 14.39 lakh.

With 229 deaths, the toll rose to 15,036. The state currently has 3.2 lakh active cases. State capital Bengaluru alone accounted for 22,596 cases and 137 deaths. A two-week lockdown began in Karnataka on Tuesday.

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