The adjoining Hingoli district also saw detection of two fresh cases, one of them a minor boy, taking the tally to 14, the officials told.
Civic commissioner Astik Kumar Pandey tweeted about the sudden rise in COVID-19 cases in the city.
"We are (now) testing more suspects than earlier period. Capacity of AMC (Aurangabad Municipal Corporation) to trace contacts (of COVID-19 patients) has also significantly gone up," he said.
In Hingoli, a minor boy, who had returned from Mumbai and was subsequently quarantined at a facility in the district, tested positive on Tuesday, local surveillance officer Dr Ganesh Jogdand said.
The boy hails from Sengaon tehsil of Hingoli district,he added.