Breaking: Assam Reports 1 More COVID-19 'Positive' Case from Dhubri, Total Rises to 27

Dispur, April 7, 2020:

Another positive case of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has been reported from Assam, this time from Dhubri district. This latest patient is also said to have links with the Nizamuddin Markaz event in Delhi that was held in March last.

Taking to Twitter to make the announcement, Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, "Alert ~ one more Covid 19 positive case from Dhubri District has been confirmed, taking the total number in Assam to 27. This patient is related to Nizamuddin Markaz event in Delhi."

It is to be mentioned here that the state of Tripura on Monday reported its first case of the virus. Confirming this via Twitter earlier today, Tripura CM Biplab Deb said, “First COVID19 positive case detected at Tripura. The patient is from Udaipur. Don’t Panic, we are taking proper care of the patient. Stay Home Stay Safe.”

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Inside Northeast has received information that the woman was tested positive at the AGMC Hospital in Agartala around 8:30 pm yesterday.

At the same time, the Manipuri 23-year-old, revealed as "Vimi" by officials, who was first in the Northeast Indian region to be infected, has made a "complete recovery", officials said.

This was confirmed earlier today by the Manipur Health and Family Welfare Minister Langpoklakpam Jayantakumar Singh, who took to Facebook to make the announcement. “The much awaited news of our daughter Vimi’s final nCOVID-19 test report has come out NEGATIVE. Now she is completely free from nCOVID-19 virus. It’s a huge achievement for the whole medical department in general and the doctors & staffs of JNIMS in particular. Let’s continue to fight and endeavour more to ensure that our state is completely free from nCOVID-19 spread”, he wrote in a post.

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Yesterday also she had tested “negative” in an initial testing, roughly two weeks after she had first tested positive for the virus. She had gone to the UK’s capital city London recently, and was tested positive on March 24. However, all of her contacts tested positive for the virus.

Meanwhile, the Assam Police, an “urgent message”, the Assam Police has appealed those who took part in the Tablighi Jamaat congregation to come forward by 6 am tomorrow, or face consequences.

“This is the final appeal to those people who have come to Assal after being present at the Nizamuddin Markaz or have been to a state or country affected by COVID-19 recently”, wrote the Assam Police in its message posted yesterday.

All such individuals are requested to present themselves at the nearest Hospital or PHC by 6 am tomorrow, that is April 7. Conversely, they can also call the 104 helpline number to report, said the Assam Police.

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