Relief as no new +ve case in Nagpur

Chaitanya Deshpande | TNN | Apr 16, 2020, 04:15 IST

Nagpur: Wednesday provided relief for the city as no new case of Covid-19 was recorded throughout the day. Nagpur has 56 confirmed positive cases including one death. Total 12 patients have recovered and been discharged till date.
On Wednesday, the Covid-19 testing laboratory in Government Medical College and Hospital in Nagpur tested no samples. Initially, it was told the laboratory is falling short of testing kits. However, GMCH Dean Dr Sajal Mitra denied this in the evening.
“Our laboratory has enough kits. We had no pending sample on Wednesday. So no sample was tested in morning session. Several samples were received later and they are being tested in the evening session,” he said.
GMCH doctors collected over 100 samples from MLA hostel on Wednesday. These included 32 of those quarantined from Mahesh Nagar in Shanti Nagar. Of them, 26 are relatives of the 53-year-old nephew of city’s first and only Covid-19 deceased. The nephew and his wife have already tested positive.
AIIMS laboratory tested 96 samples on Wednesday, most of them were from Yavatmal and Amravati. One sample from Yavatmal tested positive.
The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) announced district-wise bifurcation of existing Covid-19 testing facilities on Wednesday. Now, the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (IGGMC) Nagpur will test samples from Nagpur city and district. Government Medical College (GMCH) will test samples from Gadchiroli, Gondia and Bhandara. Lab at Nagpur Veterinary college (MAFSU) will test samples from Wardha while AIIMS will test samples from Yavatmal, Amravati and Chandrapur.
Newly started testing facility at Akola GMCH has been given charge of Akola, Buldhana and Washim districts. Maharashtra now has 17 labs.