15 ‘outsiders’ test positive in Saurashtra districts

Rajkot: At least a 15 people tested positive for Covid-19 virus in different districts of Saurashtra on Saturday. In majority of the cases, those testing positive had travelled from outside to the districts in Saurashtra region.
Meanwhile, a 62-year-old woman with psychiatric illness succumbed to cornovirus infection at Sir T Hospital in Bhavnagar on Saturday.She was identified as Roshan Lakhani and was admitted two days back. She was found with Covid-19 symptoms during community surveillance.
In Bhavnagar, of the three persons who tested positive, two were part of the group that had come from Mumbai. Seven members of the group had tested positive on Friday. The third person, a 45-year-old man from Shihor taluka, who got infected was in contact of another Covid positive person.
Bhavnagar district development officer V J Baranwal said, “The group from Mumbai are Jamatis and native of Bhavnagar. They went to Mumbai for community work. They got stuck there because of lockdown and have now returned to Bhavnagar on valid passes.” According to officials, a group of 28 members had returned from Mumbai.
In Botad, a 43-year-old woman tested positive on Saturday.
Meanwhile, in Gir Somnath district, eight people including three children tested positive on Saturday. Of the eight, seven persons had come from Ahmedabad with a person who tested positive on Friday. A man who had come to Kodinar from Mumbai also tested positive for the virus in Gir Somnath.
In Surendranagar, a 46-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy, residents of Asundri village in Muli taluka tested positive. They both had come from Ahmedabad on May 3.