COVID-19 patient recovers in Assam, active cases at 42
The state has so far reported 86 cases and of them, 42are active. While one person has migrated out of the state,two persons died.
"Happy to share that one more #COVID19 patient, aftertesting negative successively, has been discharged from SMCHtoday taking the total recovered patients to 41," the ministertweeted.
The Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, whichstopped admitting patients after a post-graduate medicalstudent tested positive last week, will reopen on Saturday.
Sarma said he visited the hospital and discussed withthe authorities about its reopening.
Total 2,200 samples were collected from doctors,nurses, staff and people in the surrounding areas and all ofthem have tested negative, except two, he said.
"In view of this, we're resuming operations", Sarmasaid.
Kamrup (Metro) district administration announced thatrestrictions around the hospital have also been relaxed.
The district administration, however, declared abranch of the Allahabad Bank in Guwahati's Machkhowa area acontainment zone as some of the 15 persons, who testedpositive on Wednesday, had visited it.
Two trains -- one from New Delhi and another fromChennai -- brought back more than 800 people to Assam onFriday.
The passengers deboarded at Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar,Guwahati, Lumding, Maraini, Dibrugarh and Badarpur and afterpreliminary screening were taken to quarantine centres by theauthorities of the respective districts.