Published 22:06 IST, March 27th 2020

Fact check: Does Nagpur have 59 new Coronavirus positive cases including three doctors?

Fact Check: A rumour flying around social media claims that Nagpur has 59 new positive coronavirus patients including three doctors. Is it true or fake?

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It is very important to have proper news and correct information being passed on in a crucial time like spread of Coronavirus pandemic. re are many posts all across social media that share information, some of m being true and some of m being false. A recent rumour that is terrorizing many people in Maharashtra is that 59 people in Nagpur have been tested positive for Coronavirus.

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Nagpur's 59 coronavirus cases?

Claim:

A Facebook user shared a post that claimed that 59 people in city of Nagpur, Maharastra have been tested positive for COVID-19. A similar audio clip is also being shared on social media portals like Whatsapp in which re is a conversation between two people. audio claims that se 59 people also include Dr Kamlesh Kothari, who is w on a ventilator. Here is an archived version of Facebook post:

Source: Facebook

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Rating: Fake

According to a report by a leading daily, Nagpur coronavirus cases are just nine. A tweet sent out by official fact check account set up by Press Bureau of Information also claims this news to be fake. PIB tweeted that audio is fake and baseless and also requested people to t spread such rumours.

Source: Twitter

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Origin:

post that talked about a rumour that 59 people in Nagpur have been tested positive of Coronavirus was first shared on Twitter and Facebook. audio clip took its rounds on Whatsapp as well. A report by ar leading news portal quoted Principal Secretary Bhushan Gagrani, who spoke about audio clip and how it contains false news. He also talked about how he will be handing over audio to cyber cell and ask m to investigate source of rumour.

Google Trends Analytics of rumour shows a significant shift in people searching about this rumour. People started searching about it on March 20 and have been doing same since n. searches shot up on March 24 midnight and March 25. constant dip and rise in statistics show how much rumour affected people.