A 26-year-old techie tested positive for coronavirus in Bengaluru on Thursday, becoming the fifth COVID-19 patient in Karnataka. The man is from Mumbai but is employed with a multinational in Bengaluru and is a resident of HAL Airport area.

According to The Times of India, the patient, who got recently married, came back from Greece on 23 February after his honeymoon. Officials said he returned to Mumbai on 6 March while his wife left for her hometown in Agra. The victim stayed with his family till 8 March and rejoined work in Bengaluru from 9 March.

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