MUMBAI: Three more Mumbaikars who returned home from the UK between November 25 and December 21 have tested positive for Covid-19. With this, six out of the 1,765
UK returnees tested in Mumbai are positive so far, said BMC additional commissioner Suresh Kakani.
These six are asymptomatic and are admitted to SevenHills Hospital, Kakani said. Their samples have been sent to NIV, Pune, for genome sequencing.
The corresponding number in Maharashtra is 23. Although the state government update on Sunday evening stated that 21 among 2,935 traced passengers have tested positive, TOI found two more cases-one each in Nashik and Nagpur. The state breakup is: six in Mumbai, five in Nagpur, three in Thane, two each in Pune, Nashik and Buldhana, and one each in Nanded, Raigad and Aurangabad.
In Nashik, a 25-year-old and a 20-year-old tested positive. Their mothers first showed symptoms and tested positive for the virus. It is not yet clear if the youths had infected their mothers or vice versa.
In Nagpur, one more resident who returned from Europe tested positive on Sunday. The patient, a 35-year-old man, his wife and six-year-old boy, are residents of Ireland. They reached Raipur in Chhattisgarh for a wedding on December 14. They returned to Nagpur a couple of days ago and were asked by the municipal corporation to get tested after their name was found in the list sent by the Bureau of Immigration.