Strict measures: Police personnel taking action against commuters during the Janata Curfew in Bhilwara. | Photo Credit:
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The industrial hub has so far reported 26 COVID-19 positive cases, which comprise about half the State’s tally of patients.
After screening as many as 24 lakh people for coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms by deploying 650 teams of health workers over a nine-day period, the administration in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district has readied facilities to quarantine 15,000 persons to meet an emergency situation. Bhilwara has been the State’s worst-hit area during the ongoing crisis after the infection spread in a private hospital.
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The industrial hub, known for its cloth manufacturing units, has so far reported 26 COVID-19 positive cases, which comprise about half the State’s tally of patients. A 40-year-old man, who was an OPD patient in the hospital which has since been sealed, tested positive on Monday.
The maximum number of 1,194 samples in the State have been tested in Bhilwara. Of these, 1,045 tested negative, while the reports on 123 were awaited. All the inf