Aurangabad, March 10:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials conducted 684 antigen and 2052 RT-PCR tests (total of 2736 tests) at its COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and different places in the city and traced 134 Covid-19 patients (including 10 residents of areas out of the AMC limits) today.
The health teams conducted 106 antigen tests at the CCCs and detected 39 persons as infected. The AMC personnel also held 784 RT-PCR tests at the CCCs. Meanwhile, by visiting different parts of the city, the mobile teams have conducted 541 antigen tests and detected 95 Coronavirus infected persons. They also collected swab samples of 955 suspects for RT-PCR tests.
According to AMC data, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) conducted 37 RT-PCR tests, district civil hospital - 08 and private laboratories - 268 on Wednesday. The private laboratories also conducted 37 antigen tests and found no infected patient. The AMC will be receiving the reports of all RT-PCR tests tomorrow.