State health minister Thursday announced India's first coronavirus death. Minister B Sriramulu in a tweet said the necessary contact tracing, isolation and other measures as per protocol were being taken.
A 76-year-old man who died two days ago in Karnataka while being treated for suspected coronavirus.
The person becomes India's first COVID-19 fatality with his samples taken earlier confirming the infection.
The man, who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, had died on Tuesday night