Aurangabad, March 1:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials conducted 731 antigen and 1190 RT-PCR tests (total 1921 tests) at its COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and different places in the city and traced 87 Covid-19 patients today.
The health teams conducted 77 antigen tests at the CCCs and detected 22 persons as infected. The AMC personnel also held 345 RT-PCR tests at the CCCs. Meanwhile, by visiting different parts of the city, the mobile teams have conducted 640 antigen tests and detected 58 Coronavirus infected persons. They also collected swab samples of 653 suspects for RT-PCR tests.
According to AMC data, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) conducted 40 RT-PCR tests; district civil hospital conducted three, and private laboratories performed 149 on Monday. The private laboratories also conducted 14 antigen tests and found seven infected patients. The AMC will be receiving the reports of all RT-PCR tests tomorrow.