Chandrapur: Seven more Covid-19 cases were detected in Chandrapur on Saturday, taking the total to 169. However, 94 patients have been cured so far while the reaming 75 are under treatment and stable.
Out of the seven positive patients, three are Hyderabad returnees. The youngsters were working for a biscuit factory. Two are from Gadisurla in Mul tehsil and one hails from Bagad Khidki locality in Chandrapur city. They were close contacts of an earlier positive patient from Gadisurla and used to live with him in the same flat in Hyderabad.
Apart from this trio, a 30-year-old from Tadali, a 24-year-old woman from Urjanagar, a 14-year-old boy from Ghugus and a 45-year-old from Neri in Chimur tehsil tested positive on Saturday. All have a travel history and were either in home or institutional quarantine.