COVID-19 cases in Assam cross 4,000-mark
Guwahati, Jun 14 () The number of coronavirus cases in Assam breached the 4,000-mark with 149 more people testing positive for the pathogen on Sunday, Health and Family Welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
With this, the COVID-19 tally rose to 4,049 in the state, he said.
"Alert ~ 106 new #COVID19+ cases reported. 32 Nagaon, 28 Kamrup, 16 Kamrup, 13 Darrang, 10 Barpeta, 3 Karimganj, 2 Lakhimpur, 1 Dhemaji, 1 Cachar," Sarma added.
Earlier in the day, the minister said in a separate tweet that 43 more people had tested positive for novel coronavirus.
Of these 43 cases, 14 are from Nagaon, 10 each from Golaghat and Kamrup, two each from Jorhat, Baksa and Chirang, and one each from Karbi Anglong, Dhemaji and Bongaigaon districts, he added.
At present, there are 2,078 active cases in the state.
Sarma further said that 155 people recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from various civil, district and model hospitals across the state.
So far, eight patients have died due to the disease, while 1,960 have been cured and discharged from hospitals, he added.
Besides, three more patients have migrated to other states, the minister said.
After inter-state movement through road, rail and air networks was allowed during the lockdown period, Assam saw a significant increase in COVID-19 cases.
On Saturday, Sarma said the health department would be conducting 50,000 random tests in Guwahati following the recent spike in COVID-19 positive cases in the city and the state government might consider imposing a lockdown if a sizable number of new cases were detected.
To screen all the people coming from outside the state, the government has imposed a mandatory institutional quarantine policy for everyone, barring some exceptions. TR RG SNE SNE