Nashik, Apr 21 () Nine people tested positive forcoronavirus on Tuesday in Nashik's Malegaon, which is fastturning into a worrisome hotspot in Maharashtra.
While the total number of COVID-19 cases in Nashikdistrict rose to 108, Malegaon alone accounts for 94 of them.
Of the nine new cases, seven are women and two men, anofficial said.
"As on Monday, of the 236 samples sent for testingfrom Malegaon Municipal Corporation limits so far, a total of85, or a little over 36 per cent, have returned positive. Alleight COVID-19 deaths in the district have also been fromMalegaon," an official said.
He added that of the 108 COVID-19 patients in Nashik,59 are men, 44 women, two boys and three girls. CORBNM BNM