Nagpur: 1200 people quarantined in Satranjipura area after 80 test COVID-19 positive

We have quarantined 750 people from Satranjipura in Nagpur &  will quarantine 500 more persons from there. We took this step as 80 cases were reported from the area & we found missing links in contact tracing, said Nagpur Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Tukaram Mundhe.

According to officials, the quarantined people had come in contact with a person who was earlier tested positive for coronavirus in Satranjipura area of the city. The COVID-19 infected person had succumbed to the infection, following which the information about his contacts was being hidden. A large number of people from the same area had also tested positive for coronavirus following the death of the victim. 

Nearly 200 people had come in contact with the coronavirus infected person. Samples of all 200 people were collected after which 80 people had tested coronavirus positive. 

Meanwhile, the Satranjipura area of Nagpur has been declared a hotspot, as maximum patients from the city have been registered from there.

The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Nagpur has risen to 129.