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13 including 2 players test COVID-19 positive ahead of IPL

August 29, 2020, 6:19 PM

Sneha Shah | Mumbai

Board of Control for Cricket in India

Board of Control for Cricket in India

A recent statement by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on August 29, has revealed that 13 personnel including two players have tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in Dubai for Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2020.

The IPL, on its twitter handle, released the BCCI issued statement, which said, BCCI Statement-COVID-19 Testing

13 personnel have tested , 2 of them are players

A total of 1988 RT-PCR Tests have been conducted between Aug 20-28

All affected personnel & their close contacts are asymptomatic and have been isolated.

Thirteen personnel have tested positive of which 2 are players. All the affected personnel as well as their close contacts are asymptomatic and have been isolated from other team members. They are being monitored by the IPL Medical Team, the BCCI press release stated.

Apart from 2 players, the other infected personnel include support staff, team management, BCCI staff, IPL operational team, hotel and ground transport staff.

As per the IPL 2020 Health and Safety Protocols, testing on all participants will be conducted regularly throughout the IPL 2020 Season, the release further stated.

Also read : Nagpur: Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients under home isolation to get free pulse oximeter

The BCCI has also appointed a UAE-based healthcare group, VPS Healthcare, as the official testing agency for the 13th edition of the IPL. VPS Healthcare will be responsible for the COVID-19 testing for all players, support staff of franchisees, BCCI staff, and the wider IPL stakeholders for the entire duration of the tournament. During the tournament, over 20,00 tests would be conducted by the healthcare agency.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.