Middle-aged woman dies of covid

Yavatmal: A 52-year-old woman of Tayade Nagar died due to coronavirus on Tuesday after four days of struggle at the government medical college’s (GMC) isolation ward.
On Monday, a 65-year-old man of Alkabir Nagar too died, taking the toll to 15 so far. On Tuesday, 16 new patients tested positive, making the total number of positive cases 86.
Out of the 16 positive cases, 12 are from Yavatmal city while two each are from Pusad and Ner tehsils. Of the 12 positives from the city, seven are men and five women.
In Pusad, two men got infected, one is a transporter who went to Mumbai for medical treatment where he tested positive and as soon as he returned to Pusad, the authorities sent him to GMC Yavatmal. His two sons have been quarantined. One of the clerks in the GMC boys’ section tested positive and accordingly, the entire office was sanitized and all those who came in contact with the positive clerk were quarantined.
The GMC’s isolation ward has 110 persons. On Tuesday, 47 swab samples were sent to the lab. Reports of 406 tests are awaited.