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KOLHAPUR: Sangli district witnessed 12 more coronavirus cases from the same family which already has 11 positive cases from the district and one from Kolhapur. With this, the number of cases has gone up to 23 in the district.

Sangli district collector Abhijeet Chaudhary TOI that on Thursday the medical squads had collected swab samples of 25 members of the family who are under institutional quarantine in Islampur.

“The positive patients will be transferred to Miraj Civil Hospital, where 12 earlier positive cases are being treated,” he said.

Notably, Sangli district registered the first four positive cases of the family members who had returned from Saudi Arabia on March 14, on March 23, when their test results came positive from the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.

On March 25, five other members from the family tested positive for Covid 19. At this point, the district administration had already put 27 members of the family under institutional quarantine. On March 26, three more positive cases were reported from the same family.

Chaudhary assured citizens that the district administration is under high alert and citizens should not panic and comply with the safety guidelines put forth by them.

