K'taka MLC tests positive for Covid-19

Dakshina Kannada district Congress committee president and MLC Harish Kumar has tested positive for Covid-19.

He has been admitted to a private hospital here, party sources said.

The MLC tested positive for the dreaded virus on Sunday, they added.

Kumar has been unwell after returning from campaigning in the by-elections in the state and went for a test on Sunday.

Though asymptomatic, he was hospitalised as a precautionary measure, the sources said.PTI MVGSS PTI PTI