Ten members of a Sakchi-based businessman's family were found Covid-19 positive triggering a panic in the commercial centre on Saturday.

The district health department acted soon after the test reports arrived.

Confirming this district surveillance officer Sahir Pal said, " We have sealed the shop-cum- house of the businessman who runs a general store inside the Sakchi market. The area has been turned into a containment zone. "

He went on to say that an 80-year-old male member of that businessman's family had died a couple of days back at the Tata Main Hospital.

The ambulance which was used to ferry the five Covid-19 patients from the businessman's house in Sakchi to MGM Medical College and Hospital on Saturday. Bhola Prasad

"The elderly male member was having comorbid conditions and had tested Covid -19. He was suffering from kidney and lungs related ailments," he said.

According to Pal, the family has 19 members staying in the same building.

"Samples were taken for all the 19 members of which 10 tested Covid-19 positive, " said Pal adding that they have also started contact tracing.

Health department sources said an ambulance was hired on Saturday evening to shift five male members to the isolation ward of MGM Medical College and Hospital while the rest five were quarantined at home.