Super Spreader: 103 Test COVID Positive After Party In Residential Building

Bengaluru: At least 103 residents of a multi-storeyed building in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 after some of them attended a party recently.

According to reports, the party was organized on February 6 by residents of SNN Raj Lakeview apartment complex, which has now proved costly.

As of Tuesday, some 103 residents including drivers, maids and cooks working in the building have tested positive for COVID-19.

Civic body officials said on February 6, some 45 odd residents gathered together for an event in the residential complex, India Today reported.

The first case was detected on February 10 after a resident who had coronavirus symptoms tested positive. The information was relayed to the local municipality office.

Many of those found positive are youngsters and are now undergoing home quarantine. The civic body has also sanitized and disinfected the entire complex.

On Sunday, 513 residents were tested, 600 more were tested on Monday and another 300 are to be tested on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, senior civic body officials visited the apartment and discussed the situation with the apartment secretary and staff regarding protocols to be followed by the residents.