Two positive cases in Daman after 75 days

Surat: After successfully staving off the pandemic for 75 days, Daman finally came under the grip of Covid-19 with two cases emerging in the union territory on Tuesday.
Official sources said that the two persons including a four-year-old girl, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Both the patients have travel history to Maharashtra in the last 14 days.
Jency Rajput, a resident of Kaji Mohalla in Nani Daman and 41-year-old Santosh Pandey, a resident of Shashibhai Chawl in Nani Daman tested positive after their samples were collected and sent for testing at the laboratory in Dadra and Nagar Haveli on Tuesday.
Earlier, an employee of a plastic manufacturing company in Daman had also tested positive after he returned to his home in Vapi on Monday. He had left Daman on June 3 after the administration started giving e-passes for workers wanting to travel home.
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