Aurangabad, April 6:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials conducted 2,894 antigen and 2,223 RT-PCR tests (total of 5,117 tests) at its COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and different places in the city and traced 258 (including 57 persons residing in the areas out of the AMC limits) Covid-19 patients today.
The health teams conducted 115 antigen tests at the CCCs and detected 33 persons as infected. The AMC personnel also held 861 RT-PCR tests at the CCCs. Meanwhile, by visiting different parts of the city, the mobile teams have conducted 2,758 antigen tests and detected 222 Coronavirus infected persons. They also collected swab samples of 1,287 suspects for RT-PCR tests.
According to AMC data, the District Civil Hospital has conducted 17 RT-PCR tests and private laboratories did 58 on Tuesday. The private laboratories also conducted 21 antigen tests and found three infected patients. The AMC will be receiving the reports of all RT-PCR tests tomorrow.