After 20 people tested positive for COVID in an apartment in Bengaluru, another six residents of SJR Watermark Apartment in Ambalipura, Bellandur ward, were diagnosed with the disease on Wednesday.

With this, Bengaluru city now has three COVID-19 clusters.

“501 samples were collected on Monday, of which 10 were tested positive. On Tuesday, 544 were collected, of which six tested positive and on Wednesday we have collected 85 samples the results will be available on Thursday,” said Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad.

The apartment consists of nine towers with approximately 504 total flats. According to BBMP officials, out of the total, only 470 flats are occupied.

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