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Five more test positive for coronavirus in Amravati; tally 157

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Press Trust of India Amravati (Maha)

A 45-year-old nurse and

a five-year-old girl are among the five fresh COVID-19 cases detected in Amravati district of Maharashtra on Sunday, taking the overall case count to 157, an official said.

The nurse was posted at a COVID facility, a release said, adding that she is the eleventh frontline health worker from the district and fourth from the hospital to test positive for coronavirus.

Besides the nurse, three members of a family including a five-year-old girl also tested positive for coronavirus, it said, adding that they were primary contacts of a 32-year-old man from the family who had tested positive on May 21, it said.

 

Another person to test positive is a 65-year-old woman.

With five new cases, the COVID-19 case count in Amravati district now stands at 157 with 15 deaths. While 76 cases have recovered, the number of active cases is 64, the release said.

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First Published: May 24 2020 | 5:22 PM IST

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