Two dead, 30 test positive in Amravati

Amravati: The novel coronavirus seems to be firing in on all cylinders as it consumed two lives and held in its grip 30 new persons on Saturday. This has taken the district’s covid death toll to 27 and its covid positive count to 680. In all, 18 patients were discharged on Saturday, taking the number of recovered patients to 447 for a percentage of 65.73%.
The civil Surgeon’s office informed that a 52-year-old woman from Priya Township, admitted to the covid ward on July 1, died on Friday night while a 70-year-old man from Old City, Badnera, who tested positive at Best Hospital on June 28, breathed his last on Saturday afternoon. This is the third death from Badnera. Ashok Nagar is fast emerging as a new hotspot as 11 tested positive on Saturday, taking its count to 31 since the first case on June 27.