NASHIK :
Nashik city as well as district are witnessing spiking of Coronavirus cases. A total of 503 new patients have turned positive in past 24 hours on Friday. With this, the pandemic tally of the district has mounted to 18,947.
On the other, 814 new suspects have been admitted in single day. As seven patients have succumbed to the virus, the death toll has increased to 585.
Of the total reports received on Friday, 365 patients have turned positive from the city. With this the tally of infected patients in the city has increased to 12,869. Of the total positive patients, patients are from Satpur, Nashik Road, Panchavati, Upnagar, New Nashik, Peth Road, Indiranagar, Wadala Road and Old Nashik areas.
On the other, 95 patients from rural parts of the district have turned positive. With this the number of infected in rural parts has jumped to 4,489. They are from Sinnar, Yeola, Surgana, Vani, Vinchur, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Ravalgaon, Igatpuri, Umrale, Nandgaon, Trimbakeshwar, Deolali Camp, Bhagur and Ghoti, while 35 new patients have turned positive in Malegaon. With this the pandemic tally here has climbed to 1,489. On the other, the number of non-native patients has risen to 176.
As 618 patients in district have got cured of Covid-19, the number of those recovered has moved up to 14,016.
On the other, number of suspect patients is rising. A total of 814 new suspect patients have been admitted on Friday. Among them, 604 are from city, eight from district civil hospital, 107 from rural parts of the district, 19 from Malegaon, eight from Dr Vasantrao Pawar medical college hospital and 68 are under home quarantine.
