Bengaluru: A 66-year old man from Bengaluru city, became the thirteenth COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, Health Department officials said on Thursday.

The elderly patient from Bengaluru, who had tested coronavirus positive died on April 15 at Victoria Hospital in the city, officials said.”He was referred from a private hospital and was admitted in Victoria Hospital and was on ventilator support since April 10,” they added.

An 80-year old woman in Belagavi and a 65-year old man from Chikkaballapura had also died on Wednesday.

According to the mid-day situation report by the department, 34 new positive cases have been reported since last evening to this noon.

“Till date 313 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 13 deaths and 82 discharges,” it said.

Among 34 patients newly tested positive, 22 are contacts of patients already tested positive, five are with travel history to Delhi (repeat test), three are linked to pharma company in Mysuru.

While contact history of three is being traced, one has history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

Four out of 34 new cases are children (below 18), one of them is a one-and-half-year old baby girl.

Of the 34 new cases, 17 are from Belagavi district, seven from Vijayapura.