COVID-19: Cop, two health workers test positive in Amravati

Amravati, May 13 () At least five persons,including a policeman and two health workers, tested positivefor COVID-19 in Maharashtra's Amravati district on Wednesday,an official said.

With this, the count of coronavirus cases in theregion rose to 89, of which 12 patients have died and 45 haverecovered from the deadly infection, the official said.

A 49-year-old policeman from Paratwada town and twohealth workers of a COVID-19 hospital here have contracted theinfection and were undergoing treatment, he said.

The other patients include a 60-year-old woman fromNandgaon Peth and a 65-year-old man from Lalkhadi slums, headded

Meanwhile, district collector Shailesh Naval said acontainment and contact tracing drive has been initiated inareas where these positive cases were detected.

The third door-to-door survey, which concludes on May17, has also been launched in rural and urban parts of thedistrict to trace people with symptoms of COVID-19, thecollector added. CORARU ARU