Of the 125 people quarantined in Maharashtra so far for possible exposure to novel coronavirus, 121 have tested negative and test reports of four are awaited, the state health department said on Sunday.
It said that so far as many as 61,939 travellers have been screened for the infection at the Mumbai international airport.
Passengers arriving from 12 Covid-19 affected countries/regions- China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, Italy, Iran and Malaysia- are being screened at the Mumbai airport.
As many as 125 travellers who had arrived from Covid- 19-affected areas were quarantined in hospitals across the state, but 121 of them tested negative for the virus as per the National Institute of Virology (NIV) reports, it said in a statement.
Those who are suspected to have contracted the deadly infection are sent to isolation facilities for treatment. However, no case of coronavirus infection has come to light in the state so far, it added.