85 Covid-19 patients detected in separate testing drives in city

Aurangabad, April 22:

The health teams of Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) today have detected 85 persons as Covid-19 positives during the special testing drives conducted at separate places in the city.

49 Covid-19 patients detected at six PoEs

The AMC has tested visitors entering the city limits through six points of the entrance (PoE) on Wednesday. The health teams tested 332 persons and found 12 infected patients at Chikalthana PoE; tested 244 and detected 18 at Harsul T Point PoE, tested 324 and found eight Covid-19 positives at Kanchanwadi PoE, tested 498 and detected five at Octroi Naka PoE, tested 196, and no one was detected at Daulatabad T-Point PoE, and six were detected by testing 290 at Jhalta Phata PoE.

Two Coronavirus infected found in government offices

The testing of visitors was held at six government offices. However, the team has detected one Covid-19 patient each by conducting antigen tests of visitors at the AMC headquarter and the police commissioner's office. The testing was also done at the High Court, the divisional commissioner's office, and the district collectorate but no infected person was detected. The testing was not done at the RTO office.

31 passengers detected as Covid-19 patients

A total of 21 train and 10 air passengers, who had arrived in the city on Wednesday, have been reported as Covid-19 positives today. As reported earlier, the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health teams had conducted RT-PCR tests on 82 passengers arriving at the railway station by trains and 24 passengers arriving at Chikalthana airport by planes on April 21. The AMC received the RT-PCR reports of these passengers today. Meanwhile, the AMC health teams have conducted RT-PCR tests of 50 train passengers arriving at the railway station and 41 tests on air passengers at the Chikalthana airport today (on April 22). The administration will receive their reports by tomorrow.

Three Covid-19 spreaders detected on roads

The 12 mobile teams (comprising AMC health and police personnel) have conducted antigen tests of 204 persons moving on the roads, in the jurisdiction of 15 police stations, and detected three Covid-19 patients on Thursday. The testing is done in two shifts (from 9 am to 5 pm and 5 pm to 1 am) and there are six teams in each shift.