Mangaluru: In what has been reported as the 13th COVID-19 positive case in Dakshina Kannada District, a 39-year old Uppinangady resident has tested positive for the virus, according to an official statement from the authorities.

This is however the first positive case reported in the District in last twelve days.

The patient reportedly has a travel history to Delhi in March and was sent to home quarantine while his throat swabs were sent for testing which has returned as positive on Friday, an official statement added.

The patient has now been shifted to isolation ward in a designated COVID-19 hospital.

In 13 reported cases in Dakshina Kannada, nine patients have recovered completely and have been discharged from the hospital.

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Sakleshpur: In a tragic incident reported from the taluk, a 28-year-old man who was on the way to his pre-wedding shoot died as his car rammed into a roadside tree.

The deceased groom, identified as Manu LN, was a resident of Darbarpet in Lakkunda village, Belur taluk, and was to get married on May 10.

Manu was traveling in his car to get his bride for the shoot when he lost control over the car near Moogali of Sakleshpur taluk and the vehicle hit a tree beside the road.

Manu is learned to have died on the spot due to the impact of the collision.