Aurangabad, March 6:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials conducted 451 antigen and 1185 RT-PCR tests (total 1636 tests) at its COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and different places in the city and traced 102 Covid-19 patients (including 12 residents of areas out of the AMC limits) today.
The health teams conducted 91 antigen tests at the CCCs and detected 24 persons as infected. The AMC personnel also held 460 RT-PCR tests at the CCCs. Meanwhile, by visiting different parts of the city, the mobile teams have conducted 188 antigen tests and detected 62 Coronavirus infected persons. They also collected swab samples of 615 suspects for RT-PCR tests.
According to AMC data, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) conducted 44 RT-PCR tests, district civil hospital 16 and private laboratories 50 on Saturday. The private laboratories also conducted 172 antigen tests and found 16 infected patients. The AMC will be receiving the reports of all RT-PCR tests tomorrow.