A record 32 test positive in a day in Chandrapur

Chandrapur: A record number of 32 new patients were detected within 24 hours surging the Covid-19 total to 260 in the district. While reports of 15 positive patients came in at midnight on Friday, 17 new cases were detected on Saturday. Health officials claimed that so far 148 patients have been cured and discharged, while 112 are undergoing treated.
The 15 positive patients found among the late night results include one person each from Chandrapur city, Naleshwar in Sindewahi tehsil and Dabgaon in Mul tehsil.The remaining 12 are rice mill workers from Mul who returned from Bihar. Officials claimed that these 12 workers arrived on July 12 and were put in institutional quarantine.
The 17 new patients found on Saturday include five SRPF jawans who came to the city from Pune. Apart from these, a 17-year-old girl from Urjanagar, too, was found positive. There are four positive patients from Chandrapur city. They include a 46-year-old Christian Colony resident, a 32-year-old who lives at Tukdoji Maharaj Chowk in the city, a 31-year-old Aazad chowk Tukum resident and another 32-year-old city resident. Three from Ballarpur town, including a 37-year-old woman, a 25-year-old WCL Colony resident and a 38-year-old resident of Balaji ward. The three others are from Bhadrawati town, including a 26-year-old businessman, a 29-year-old electrician and a 23-year-old youngster. A resident of Patna in Bihar serving institutional quarantine, too, has been found positive.
District collector claimed that they have intensified testing across the district and have also started antigen tests which is helping in detection of more patients. He claimed that doubling rate of patients in Chandrapur is 14 days and efforts are under way to extend the span. From Friday, a 10-day lockdown has been clamped in Chandrapur city along with Urjangar and Durgapur villages which are on the outskirts.