Mangaluru: A person from puttur has been found to be COVID-19 positive on Wednesday, April 1.

The person is reported to be from Aryapu village, Puttur and had returned from Dubai on March 20 in Emirates flight EK-566.

After landing at Bengaluru airport the man left for his hometown in a private taxi.

On March 28 the man starts suffering from throat pain and visits Puttur general hospital for treatment.

Showing COVID-19 symptoms, his samples are sent for testing and results arrived on April 1 confirm the virus