In Patan, 444 primary Covid-19 positive cases across 389 households were randomly selected for the study conducted between April and August. The study states 1,200 tested Covid-19 positive in the district until August 29, when the state health department had declared 973 cases for the period. Data on these primary cases obtained telephonically found at least 82 of these patients had succumbed. As per the state health department, Patan reported 37 fatalities due to the virus until August 29.
Of the 1,059 secondary high-risk contacts a near average of three contacts per household 60 tested positive for Covid-19, which is 5.6 per cent SAR. It also found a majority of the secondary infection patients were men in the 18-60 age group followed by those aged above 60 years. Around 85 per cent of contacts developed symptoms within seven days of contact with the primary case.