8 are from Malda district, while 2 each are from Siliguri and North Dinajpur district
Twelve new coronavirus positive cases were reported in north
Bengal in the past 24 hours, senior health department officials said on
Monday.
Of the new patients, eight are from Malda district, while two each are from Siliguri and North Dinajpur district.
The new patients increased the number of Covid-19 cases to 34 in Malda and to 11 in the neighbouring North Dinajpur district.
In
Siliguri, this is the first time that two persons have tested positive
for the pathogen — at Babupara and Dangipara — in which the source of
the contagion is not known.
“This is the first time that two standalone cases have been
reported in Siliguri. Both have been admitted to the Covid-19 hospital
at Himachal Bihar and their families have been sent in quarantine. We
are keeping a watch on the area where they stay,” said a health
official.
While one of the new patients has a travel history, the other one is a fruit seller and didn’t take any journey recently.
Earlier,
Covid-19 cases had been reported at three other localities in and
around Siliguri. But they had come in contact with known coronavirus
patients.
While some of them were relatives of a woman from
Kalimpong who had died from the infection, others were two nurses,
family members of one of them and a doctor posted.
In Malda, all
the eight who have been tested positive are migrant workers. Five of
them are residents of Manikchak, while the remaining three are from
Kaliachak 2, Chanchal 2 and Harishchandrapur 1 blocks.
In
Alipurduar, a driver who had recently come from Calcutta to deliver
medicines to the district hospital has tested positive for the novel
coronavirus. Although he returned to Calcutta the following day, his
swab sample had been collected for tests.
The store at the
hospital where he had entered has been sanitised. Also, all the
employees on duty in the store have been sent in quarantine.
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