COVID-19: 2 die in Nashik district; 6 of family test positive

Nashik, Apr 24 () Two more coronavirus positivepatients, one of them a senior citizen, have died in Nashikdistrict of Maharashtra, taking the toll to 11, while sixmembers of a family tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday,officials said.

Both these patients, one aged 65 and the other a 37-year-old man, were from Malegaon, a powerloom town in thisNorth Maharashtra district, they said.

The 65-year-old victim was brought to General Hospitalin Malegaon where he died on April 21. His sample report cameon April 22 and he tested positive for the infection, said thedistrict administration officials.

The second patient tested positive on April 22 anddied the next day in another hospital in Malegaon, they said.

With this, the coronavirus death toll in the districthas gone up to 11, the officials said.

Meanwhile, half a dozen members of a family, residentsof the Sangameshwar area of Malegaon, tested positive for theviral infection on Friday, they said.

They were high risk contacts (HRC) of a coronaviruspositive patient, the officials said.

After these fresh cases, the coronavirus count in thedistrict has gone up to 130. Of these, 116 patients were fromMalegaon alone followed by 10 from Nashik city and four fromother talukas of the district. CORRSY RSY