Aurangabad, April 13:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials conducted 2,065 antigens and 2,052 RT-PCR tests (total of 4,117 tests) at its COVID Care Centres (CCCs) and different places in the city and traced 176 (including 22 persons residing in the areas out of the AMC limits) Covid-19 patients today.
The health teams conducted 104 antigen tests at the CCCs and detected 39 persons as infected. The AMC personnel also held 836 RT-PCR tests at the CCCs. Meanwhile, by visiting different parts of the city, the mobile teams have conducted 1,850 antigen tests and detected 96 Coronavirus infected persons. They also collected swab samples of 1,083 suspects for RT-PCR tests.
According to AMC data, the Government Medical College and Hospital has conducted 67 RT-PCR tests, District Civil Hospital conducted 13 and private laboratories performed 53 on Tuesday. The private laboratories also conducted 111 antigen tests and found 41 infected patients. The AMC will be receiving the reports of all RT-PCR tests tomorrow.