AMC detects 58 COVID patients in city

Aurangabad, Feb 23:

The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials conducted 278 antigen and 1099 RT-PCR tests (total 1377 tests) at its COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and different places in the city and traced 58 Covid-19 patients today.

The health teams conducted 58 antigen tests at the CCCs and detected 12 persons as infected. The AMC personnel also held 403 RT-PCR tests at the CCCs. Meanwhile, by visiting different parts of the city, the mobile teams have conducted 203 antigen tests and detected 46 infected persons. It also collected swabs of 641 suspects for RT-PCR tests.

According to AMC data, the GMCH conducted 24 RT-PCR tests, and private laboratories performed 31 on Tuesday. The private laboratories also conducted 17 antigen tests and found no infected patients. The AMC will be receiving the reports of all RT-PCR tests tomorrow.