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West Bengal Environment Minister Soumen Mahapatra tests positive for COVID-19

August 24, 2020, 1:54 PM

Sneha Shah | Kolkata

Soumen Mahapatra

Soumen Mahapatra

West Bengal Environment Minister Soumen Mahapatra, on August 23, informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Through a tweet, Mahapatra mentioned that he is asymptomatic and urged people,who had come in contact with him, to isolate themselves.

I tried to co-operate with the people as much as possible amid this pandemic, however this contagion has not spared me either. At present, I tested positive, showing no symptoms or signs, so special request to all of you to stay at home and follow the guidelines provided by the government, Mahapatra tweeted in Bengali.

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According to reports, Mahapatra is currently in home isolation at his Panskura residence in Purba Medinipur district.

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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.