Amravati, Jun 17 (PTI) Nine persons, including a three-year-old girl, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra's Amravati district, which has recorded 377 cases so far, an official said on Wednesday.

At least six patients were discharged from a dedicated COVID-19 hospital on Wednesday, taking the tally of recoveries to 262, the official said.

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Of the nine new cases detected on Wednesday, five were from Badnera, which now has 44 cases, the highest in any locality in Amravati, he said.

According to an official release, a 19-year-old woman infected by coronavirus delivered a baby at a hospital on Tuesday night. Both the mother and infant were doing well, it was stated.

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The district's case count now stands at 377, which includes 17 deaths and 98 active cases.

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