While the state health authorities raised concerns over the community transmissions, Visakhapatnam on Friday registered the fourth positive case in the city. Stating that the total number of infected people in the state rose to 12, the Medical and Health Department released the latest bulletin confirming the cases.
According to the officials, the person has been identified as a contact of patient no 7 who had returned to Vizag from Birmingham. The patient reportedly developed symptoms after he came into contact with the patient no 7 on March 17th after which he was kept in isolation. Four days later on Friday, his blood sample tested positive for the virus.
With this new case, Visakhapatnam registered the highest number of cases followed by Vijayawada which have three positive cases by the time of reporting. Meanwhile, India recorded 761 positive cases with 20 deaths across the country. Modi-led government has already announced a complete lockdown until April 15th to contain the spread of the novel virus.
