Aurangabad records 155 cases in a single day

Aurangabad: The

Aurangabad

district registered 155 Covid-19 cases Thursday, taking the total number of patients to 2,430. The district has also recorded six deaths between Wednesday and Thursday, taking the total number of fatalities to 129.

A total of 1,363 patients have been discharged from various hospitals so far. The recent deaths occurred at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in a span of nine hours.

The new cases were detected from different areas of the city as well as from Bajajnagar, Pandharpur, Gangapur, Naigaon and Sillod from rural Aurangabad.

In Cidco N-8 alone, 12 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Two staffers of deputy director of health services office were also among those infected with the contagion. Two other staffers from the same office were confirmed with the virus on Wednesday.

According to GMCH media co-ordinator Arvind Gaikwad, a 45-year-old man from Radhaswami Colony, a 57-year-old woman from Katkat Gate, 40-year-old man from Nutan Colony, 67-year-old man from Trimurti Nagar, 60-year-old man from Nagsen Nagar and a 60-year-old woman from Roshan Gate died due to Covid-19 at the GMCH between 7.30 pm on Wednesday and 4.30 pm on Thursday.

This takes the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Aurangabad district to 129. Of these, 98 deaths were reported at GMCH, 28 at three different private hospitals and one at district civil hospital.