Aurangabad records 70 positive cases

AURANGABAD: As many as 70 Covid-19 cases were reported from different parts of the city and from Gangapur and Khuldabad in the rural areas of the district on Sunday, taking the tally of positive cases in the district to 2,020.
Aurangabad district had recorded its first Covid-19 case on March 15 and breached the 1000-mark after a span of two months on May 18.
It took the district just 20 days to cross the 2,000-mark of Covid-19 cases.
Meanwhile, a 56-year-old woman from Kailas Nagar, a 70-year-old man from Altamash Colony and a 60-year-old woman from Deodi Bazar succumbed between Saturday and Sunday while undergoing treatment for the viral infection at the same private hospital.
GMCH’s media coordinator Arvind Gaikwad said that a 70-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man died of Covid-19 on Sunday.
As per the district administration, 1,224 patients were discharged until Sunday morning. 104 confirmed Covid-19 patients have died in the district till Sunday.
Home-isolation for
asymptomatic patients
Commissioner of Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Astik Kumar Pandey told TOI on Sunday that following a study of the coronavirus over the past few months, the civic administration has issued guidelines on home-isolation of asymptomatic patients.
“Covid-19 positive patient without symptoms is not a diseased person. A positive person with symptoms can be called a diseased person. Chances of transmission of infection from an asymptomatic person are considerably less. AMC has allowed home isolation to around 14-15 people. Asymptomatic patients with sufficient space at home under medical observation can be considered for home-isolation,” said Pandey.