Eight new cases in Yavatmal district, tally now 298

YAVATMAL: The district recorded 8 new positive cases on Thursday. The virus revisited Yavatmal city, with two men from Bhosa Road testing positive for Covid-19.
The administration on Thursday sealed the Kannya Society area of the city. Of the 8 new positive patients in the district, 6 are men and 2 women. Two men each have tested positive in Yavatmal city, Pusad and Darwha, and one woman each from Digras and Arni respectively.
Currently, 63 Covid patients are in the isolation ward of Government Medical College and Hospital, Yavatmal. Three patients were discharged on Thursday.
The district has recorded 298 Covid-19 positive cases since March 11, of whom 226 patients have been discharged. An electronic media professional was earlier found positive and has been admitted in the isolation ward for the last four days.
42 swab samples were sent to the lab on Thursday. In all, 5,149 swab samples have been sent to lab so far, of which 4,952 reports have been received and 197 awaited. A total of 4,654 persons tested negative for Covid-19 in the district.