URL copied Amid surge, around 3,000 COVID-19 patients go 'missing' in Bengaluru Grappling with unprecedented spike in Covid cases, Karnataka is facing another challenge, of tracking and tracing of anywhere between 2,000 to 3,000 Covid positive patients who have "gone missing", state Revenue Minister, R. Ashoka revealed on Wednesday. After his meeting with various department heads here, Ashoka, who is also Vice Chairman of the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority, told reporters that he has already directed the state police to track and trace these missing Covid patients. "At least 2,000 to 3,000 people in Bengaluru have gone of our radar by switching off their phones and left their houses. We don't know where they have gone," he admitted.