COVID-19: Thane ACP tests positive, contacts quarantined

Thane, May 17 () An assistant commissioner ofpolice tested positive for novel coronavirus in Thane city andhis residential complex has been sealed and his kin andcontacts quarantined, a health official said on Sunday.

As on Saturday night, Thane district had 3,432 COVID-19 cases, with both Thane and Navi Mumbai municipalcorporation limits having more than 1,000 patients each.

Officials pointed out that 1,117 people have so farrecovered from the infection in the district, which was 33 percent of the total number of admissions.

A district administration release said the recoveryrate in Thane city was 26 per cent, in KDMC it was 39 percent, it was 33 per cent in Navi Mumbai and 65 per cent inMBMC so far.

The district has also witnessed 105 deaths as onSaturday. CORBNM BNM