2 persons test positive for COVID-19 in Assam, total rises to 37
Guwahati, Apr 28 () A person from Goalpara and a16-year old girl from Salmara Bongaigaon, both secondarycontacts of attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi,tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam on Tuesday, HealthMinister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The two fresh cases, which were reported after a gapof five days, took the total number of persons infected bycoronavirus in the state to 37, he said.
Of the 37, nine are active cases, the minister said.
The girl was in home quarantine when she testedpositive for the disease, Sarma said.
The last COVID-19 case was reported in the state onApril 23 from Dhubri.
Prior to that, two persons had tested positive inMorigaon district on April 16.
All three of them are secondary contacts of TablighiJamaat event attendees and had been living in quarantine.
The first man to test positive for coronavirus in thestate, on March 31, is still undergoing treatment at SilcharMedical College and Hospital. He is a cancer patient.
A person from neighbouring Nagaland is also undergoingtreatment for COVID-19 at Gauhati Medical College andHospital.
Assam has so far tested 8,117 samples in sixlaboratories. One person has succumbed to the disease in thestate, while 27 have recovered. DGSOM SOM