Assam reports two new COVID-19 positive cases, tally surges to 34
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Thursday reported two new positive cases for COVID-19 taking the state's tally to 34.
The new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from Morigaon district.
Confirming the report, Assam Health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, two persons from Morigaon district have tested positive for COVID-19 and they both are secondary contacts of Nizamuddin Markaz attendees.
He further said that, the commulative number of COVID-19 positive patients in the state now stands at 34 and out of them five patients have been cured and discharged from the hospitals.
Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Two persons from Morigaon have tested #COVID19 positive. They both are secondary contacts of #NizamuddinMarkaz attendees. The cumulative number of patients in Assam now stands at 34. So far 5 patients have been cured.”
Alert ~ Two persons from Morigaon have tested #COVID19 positive. They both are secondary contacts of #NizamuddinMarkaz attendees.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 16, 2020
The cumulative number of patients in Assam now stands at 34. So far 5 patients have been cured.
Update at 5 pm / April 16#AssamCovidCount
Earlier on Apr 14, a woman from Dhubri district was tested positive for COVID-19 and she is wife of a COVID-19 patient.
In the last 24 hours, five COVID-19 patients of the state were discharged from the hospitals after they were cured.
Assam has reported 34 positive cases for COVID-19 so far including nine cases from Golaghat district, six from Morigaon district, four each from Nalbari, Goalpara, Dhubri districts, and one each from South Salmara, Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Cachar and Hailakandi district.
One COVID-19 positive patient from Hailakandi district died on Apr 10.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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