Bengaluru: 110-year-old woman recovers from COVID-19.  |  Photo Credit: AP

In a rare instance, a 110-year-old woman, named Siddamma, recovered from the deadly COVID-19 infection in Chitradurga. After being admitted to a nearby hospital on July 27 (Monday), the elderly woman has certainly led the way in dealing with the virus, on the back of high immunity, to emerge on top of the disease in just five days.

The centenarian woman has, thus, been discharged from the hospital and headed back home on August 01 (Saturday) itself. This news comes as a huge boost for many in the country as the number of cases continues to rise in many parts. Talking about the state of affairs in Karnataka, it continued to witness a high rise in COVID-19 cases with as many as5,172 people being tested positive (as on August 01). Thus, the state has been seeing over 5,000 cases for quite some time now. So far, the state of Karnatakahas witnessed 1,29,287 cases of COVID-19 patients.

On the other hand, if one has to see the positive side, 3,860 people have beencured and discharged from the hospitals. Overall, 53,648 people have been discharged in the state. Talking about the death toll in the state, it has surged to 2,412 following 98 people losing the battle versus theCOVID-19.

Meanwhile, Bengaluru now accounts for13,494 active containment zones. In total, the tally has crossed the 20,000-mark.

There are several restrictions in containment zones. A person cannot go out whereas no one can also enter the containment zone as well.Around five houses on our road were sealed and we were not able to go outside even to get groceries. The civic body did not supply them to us. After a few days, one of the residents in our area broke the seal and ensured that there was space for one person to step out to buy essentials, a resident of a containment zone was quoted as saying by The Hindu.

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