62 inmates of Thane old age home test Covid positive

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Sixty-two inmates of an old age home Thane district have tested positive for COVID and all have been admitted to a civil hospital, a senior health official said on Sunday.

Following complaints of ill-health by a couple of inmates, a team of doctors on Saturday tested 109 inmates of the Matoshree old age home at Khadavali in Bhiwandi taluka, district health officer Dr Manish Renge said.

Out of them, the results of 61 came positive, he said, adding that another inmate had tested positive for the viral infection on Friday.

These 62 inmates, all above 60 years of age, have been admitted to the Thane Civil Hospital for treatment, the official said.

Five relatives of some of these inmates also tested positive for COVID and they, too, were admitted to the civil hospital, he said.

The district administration was keeping tabs on the health of these inmates and taking due steps to check further spread of the infection, he added.

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