Jangleshwar has five more cases, tally touches 35

TNN | Apr 19, 2020, 04:19 IST

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Rajkot: Five more people tested positive in the Jangleshwar area on Saturday, taking the number of positive cases in Rajkot to 35. One community leader, who had come in contact with top officials of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) and city police during Covid prevention meetings, also tested positive. The 47-year-old man is a resident of Ankur Society. Some officials were in touch with him, but none have been quarantined yet.
Dr Pankaj Rathod, municipal health officer said, “There is definition of contact like meeting without wearing mask, standing with the person at less then one metre distance and others. Officers takes all these precaution in accordance with the guidelines at meetings.”
Four other people who tested positive include two women aged 47 years and 65 years and two men aged 68 years and 26 years. Police have imposed 24-hours curfew in this area since Friday midnight.
RMC started mass sampling drive in this area after 25 people have tested positive so far. On Saturday, teams took more than 200 samples.
In Bhavnagar too, five people tested positive on Saturday. Of them, two were in quarantine facility while two others were found symptomatic from the cluster containment zone. Two men aged 68 years and 22 years and two women aged 86 years and 55 years also tested also positive. In all 32 persons have tested positive in Bhavnagar district.