8 active COVID-19 cases including 3 doctors in Aligarh: DM

There are 8 active COVID-19 cases including 3 doctors in Aligarh, District Magistrate (DM) Chandra Bhushan Singh said on Saturday.

"A total of 10 COVID-19 cases were reported in the district. One person has been cured and one person died of COVID-19. So, there are eight active COVID-19 cases including three doctors of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College," Singh told media.

"Areas reporting cases have been stised. Medical teams are conducting thermal scanning and medical check-up in the hotspot areas," he added.

Singh also informed that administration is ensuring the delivery of fruits and milk in Muslim dominated locality during Ramzan amid COVID-19 lockdown.

With 1,490 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 56 deaths, India's total count of coronavirus cases has surged to 24,942, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.

( With inputs from ANI )