Eight members of family found COVID-19 positive in UP; village declared hotspot
Jun 8, 2020, 19:58 IST
Sonebhadra (UP), Jun 8 () Eight members of a family have tested positive for coronavirus in a village here, officials said on Monday.
Samples of the family were taken for COVID-19 testing after seven of its members returned from Mumbai on May 31, Chief Medical Officer S K Upadhyay said.
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The results found that eight members had contracted the disease, he said.
The entire Markundi village in the Chopan area has been declared a COVID-19 hotspot, Upadhyay said.
The total number of cases in the district has reached 22, he said. Corr ABN AQS AQS(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)