ASSAM CASE TALLY INCREASES TO 80 AFTER 15 NEW CASES IN GUWAHATI

GUWAHATI: With the detection of 15 new Covid-19 positive cases in Guwahati, the total number of patients in Assam increased to 80 on Wednesday. All the 15 new cases are related to a person, who used to work in a potato warehouse on the outskirts of Guwahati as well as a hotel in the city, detected Covid-19 positive on Monday. “15 persons are tested Covid-19 positive in Kamrup Metro (district). All are related to patient from Guwahati’s Fancy Bazaar, who tested positive recently. All (are) under quarantine and please don’t panic,” Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted on Wednesday evening. On Tuesday, the authorities in Guwahati had sealed the hotel and the warehouse where the positive patient worked, and classified them as containment zones. While 2 patients have died in Assam, 40 have recovered and 38 others are under treatment. At present the state has 3 of its 33 districts—Dhubri, Goalpara and Marigaon--in orange zone and all others in green zone. The number of Covid-19 cases in India reached 74,281 on Wednesday, according to Union health ministry.