In Gujarat, 49 People Who Attended Kumbh Mela Test Covid Positive

Of the 533 people who were tested at Sabarmati Railway Station of the city on Saturday and Sunday, as many as 49 persons were found positive after the rapid antigen tests.

A total of 49 people, who returned to Gujarat after taking part in the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, have tested coronavirus positive in two days, officials said on Sunday. Of the 533 people who were tested at Sabarmati Railway Station of the city on Saturday and Sunday, as many as 49 persons were found positive after the rapid antigen tests conducted by the civic health teams, a statement by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said. All the infected persons were shifted to Covid Care Centres in the city, it said. On Saturday afternoon, 313 Kumbh returnees underwent rapid antigen tests on their arrival in Sabarmati by a train from Haridwar. Of these, 34 persons tested positive, the release said.