Mangaluru: The throat swab sample of a 45-year-old man from Belthangady who had died of heart attack has been found positive for COVID-19, informed sources.

The deceased, a resident of Venur, who was admitted to Wenlock after suffering a heart attacked died after he stopped responding to the treatment.

Following his death, the officials had collected his swab sample for test and now he has tested positive.

It is gathered that the deceased who was working as a goods rickshaw driver had contacted many people before he suffered a heart attack.

Dakshina Kannada reported three new cases. All of them are males, aged 30, 25 and 55. The three arrived from Mumbai. With this, the total number of cases so far in DK has risen to 69, out of which 37 are active.

In Karnataka, a total of 69 cases were reported on Monday, taking the tally to 2,158.