Sangli: 22 out of the total 26 COVID-19 patients in Islampur test negative

22 out of the total 26 COVID-19 positive patients in Islampur, Sangli have tested negative in repeat tests. We hope that rest of the positive patients will also recover soon, said Jayant Patil, Guardian Minister of Sangli district.

The 25 coronavirus patients reported from one family at Sangli in Maharashtra were found to be living in a congested set up, which might have led the infection to spread fast among them, officials said.

Initially, four family members who returned from Saudi Arabia tested positive for coronavirus on March 23. Within a week of it, 21 more family members, including a two-year-old boy, were found to have contracted the infection.

"These 25 patients from Islampur tehsil belong to a big family living in a congested housing set up and because of that, they got infected," Collector Abhijeet Chaudhari had said.

22 out of the total 26 #COVID19 positive patients in Islampur, Sangli have tested negative in repeat tests. We hope that rest of the positive patients will also recover soon:Jayant Patil, Guardian Minister of Sangli district. #Maharashtra (file pic) pic.twitter.com/U4YlqIR19m

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