Vittla, May 24: A police constable in Dakshina Kannada district has also been tested positive for COVID-19 and it is learned that he had come in the contact with a man who arrived from Mumbai.

Chikkamagaluru, May 24: A 53-year-old man, who was in quarantine, committed suicide by at the COVID Hospital here on Sunday.

A woman, who had reached Kerala from Dubai for cancer treatment and had tested positive for COVID-19, died on Sunday and 53 new cases, 47 of them returnees from abroad and other states, were detected, taking the aggregate tally of infections in the state so far to 847.

Questioning the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to prohibit coronavirus patients from using mobile phones inside isolation wards of COVID-19 hospitals, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the ban was put in place to hide the "poor condition" of hospitals in the state.

With temperatures surpassing the 45 degrees Celsius-mark across several parts in north India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a "red" warning for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan for the next two days.

COVID-19 cases in Karnataka breached the 2,000 mark on Sunday with the detection of 97 cases, most of them returnees to the state from Maharashtra, the health department said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said it was wrong to impose the lockdown suddenly and now it cannot be lifted all at once.

Udupi: Four police stations in Karkala Taluk have reportedly been sealed down after two policemen infected with coronavirus.