Mumbai: Over 9k screened at railway stations, 10 test COVID-19 positive

26 November,2020 07:31 AM IST |  Mumbai  |  A correspondent

Among the tests done at the six railway stations - Mumbai CSMT, Mumbai Central, Dadar, Kurla-LTT, Bandra Terminus and Borivli, Bandra found the highest number of positive patients

A health worker wearing protective suit takes a nasal swab of a passenger for a Covid-19 coronavirus RT PCR and Rapid Antigen test after arriving from New Delhi at the railway station in Mumbai. Pic/PTI


On Wednesday, 9,779 passengers were screened at city railway stations, out of which 10 tested positive for COVID-19.

Among the tests done at the six railway stations - Mumbai CSMT, Mumbai Central, Dadar, Kurla-LTT, Bandra Terminus and Borivli, Bandra found the highest number of positive patients.

While at CSMT 1,079 passengers were screened, at Mumbai Central 3,400 were screened, with no positives. Around 2,000 were screened at Dadar, with one positive, 315 were screened at Kurla LTT with three found positive and 938 were screened at Borivli with one found positive. Of the 2,047 screened at Bandra, five returned positive as per preliminary BMC data.

While only symptomatic passengers were being given antigen tests, at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), L ward's health teams tested everyone who arrived in Netravati Express. "We have been conducting antigen tests for passengers for two months and the positive rate is the same as today," said Manish Valanju, assistant commissioner of L ward.

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