All the fresh cases were reported from the 86th battalion headquarters of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Ambassa in Dhalai district, which has been designated as a 'red zone', he said.
In a tweet, Deb said, "16 persons found COVID-19 positive in Tripura from 86th-Bn BSF (Official:1, Female:6, Children: 9). We are conducting max number of tests. 75 Samples from 3rd-Bn BSF tested but all reports are negative. Total active cases: 148. Transferred out: 02. Recovered: 2 (sic)."
Two patients, an ambulance driver and a trucker, had left for West Bengal's Siliguri and Assam's Karimganj respectively before their test reports had come. They have been designated as 'transferred patients'.
The first two COVID-19 patients in the state have been cured of the disease and discharged from hospitals in April. JOY ACD NSDNSD