11 new cases in Rajkot's Jangleshwar

Rajkot: On Thursday , a 2-year-old boy among 11 people tested Covid positive in Rajkot city. All of the infected people are residents of Madina park of Jangleshwar area. According to Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) all the patients had come in close contact of a 19-year-old positive woman, who is currently under treatment at the civil hospital.

With this, city has registered 74 positive cases so far, of which 59 patients have been discharged while one succumbed to the infection.

Five people tested positive in Rajkot rural so far, while a total of 79 people tested positive in Rajkot district.

Three persons tested positive in Bhavnagar on Thursday.

The new cases include a 40-year-old murder accused woman of Sartanpur village of Talaja taluka. She was accused in a murder committed 20 days ago. While on the run, she hid in Keriya village of Rajula taluka in Amreli for three days besides moving around in various villages of Mahuva taluka in Bhavnagar district. Tired of running, she finally contacted her bother expressing her desire to return to her village. Her brother took her to the police to surrender.