Maha: Count of COVID-19 patient rises to 46 in Nashik district

Nashik, Apr 15 () With five more persons testingcoronavirus positive, the count of such patients in Nashikdistrict of Maharashtra reached 46 on Wednesday, officialssaid.

Four of these new patients of COVID-19 are fromMalegaon, while another one is from Nashik city, they said.

"With this, the number of positive cases in thedistrict has gone up to 46, including 39 patients fromMalegaon, four from Nashik city and three from other parts ofthe district," collector Suraj Mandhare said.

The latest case found in Nashik is a 24-year-oldtruck cleaner, who was working in Navi Mumbai. On April 13, hecomplained of headache and body pain, after which he wasadmitted to the civic-run Dr Zakir Husain Hospital in Nashik,he said.

"Histest reports confirmed his infection. The throatswabs of 22 suspected patients from Malegaon had also beensent for testing. Their reports were also received today.Eighteen of them tested negative, while four tested positive,"Mandhare said. CORNP NP