ASSAM SEES ITS HIGHEST SPIKE: 39

GUWAHATI : Assam witnessed the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with 39 people, including a two-month-old baby, testing positive for the disease on Tuesday, taking the tally to 154, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Of them, at least 34 were in different quarantine centres across the state, he said. “Alert-13 new #COVID + cases detected from Sarusajai Quarantine Centre. Now the total patient count goes to 154,” Sarma tweeted. The minister, in another tweet, said, “Alert- 6 new #COVID + cases confirmed. Out of the 3 from Guwahati, 2 are related to a cancer patient who lost his life at GMCH (wife and daughter). 2 patients are from Karimganj and one from Sarusajai quarantine centre (sic).”