Aurangabad, April 8:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials conducted 3,374 antigen and 3,002 RT-PCR tests (total of 6,376 tests) at its COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and different places in the city and traced 230 Covid-19 patients today.
The health teams conducted 130 antigen tests at the CCCs and detected 38 persons as infected. The AMC personnel also held 1,080 RT-PCR tests at the CCCs. Meanwhile, by visiting different parts of the city, the mobile teams have conducted 3,160 antigen tests and detected 164 Coronavirus infected persons. They also collected swab samples of 1,537 suspects for RT-PCR tests.
According to AMC data, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has conducted 58 RT-PCR tests, District Civil Hospital conducted 22 and private laboratories did 305 on Thursday. The private laboratories also conducted 84 antigen tests and found 28 infected patients. The AMC will be receiving the reports of all RT-PCR tests tomorrow.