Covid-19: Over 800 under home quarantine in Aurangabad

Over 800 persons have been kept under home quarantine in Maharashtra's Aurangab district, amid coronavirus outbreak, a senior official said on Saturday.

A major chunk of se are students of a local college, where one of lecturers tested positive for Covid-19 last week, she said.

"Although only one positive case of coronavirus was recorded in Aurangab, number of people quarantined has exceeded 800," Aurangab Municipal Corporation Health Officer Dr Neeta Palkar.

As many as 849 people have been put on 14-day mandatory quarantine till March 19 and of se, 58 are Indians with travel history abro and 17 are foreign nationals, she ded.

Maharashtra has recorded at least 52 cases of coronavirus infection so far.

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