Guwahati (Assam), April 4 : Five more persons have been tested positive for coronavirus in Assam, tweeted Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday.
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Alert ~ One more #Covid_19 positive case from Golaghat has been confirmed, taking the total number in Assam to 24,
This case is related to #NizamuddinMarkaz event in Delhi.
Update at 00.19 am / April 4
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Alert ~Three more #Covid_19 positive cases have been confirmed, one each from Kamrup (metro),Kamrup and Marigaon taking the total number in Assam to 23.
Two out of these three cases are of patients who are related to #NizamuddinMarkaz event .
Update at 11.25 pm / April 3
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He said that one of the persons with covid-19 hails from Golaghat while three others are from Kamrup (metro), Kamrup and Marigaon.
He informed that two out of these three cases are patients who are related to Nizamuddin Markaz event.
Meanwhile, the first COVID-19 positive patient from Guwahati Manish Tibrewal from a housing complex Spanish Garden located opposite the Assam State Zoo has taken the social media to make his status public and has requested all those who were in contact with him for past two weeks to get themselves examined .
According to information available Manish his family which consists of his wife and two children and were on home quarantine for past one week .
His was found COVID-19 positive on Friday midnight and immediately admitted at GMCH ICU ward for treatment.
A team of doctors today visited the family members who are on home quarantine at Spanish Garden and screened them . The entire apartment and nearby areas extending upto 1 km is being sanitized presently .