Kangaroo, macaws, other exotic wildlife rescued in Assam’s Cachar district

Two persons were detained on Tuesday in possession of exotic animals, including a red kangaroo, six macaws, three tortoises, and two monkeys at Lailapur Forest in Assam’s Cachar district, said Jagadish Das, Additional Superintendent of Police to ANI on Wednesday. The rescued animals, which included rare Aldabra tortoises and capuchin monkeys, were found packed in […]

53 more test COVID-19 positive in Assam; state tally reaches 319

In a biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases in Assam, 53 more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. Taking to Twitter Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed, “Fifty three new #COVID19 + cases confirmed – 44 from Sarusajai Quarantine Centre, 7 from Dima Hasao district and 2 from Cachar.” (Total cases 319, Recovered […]

Eight more COVID-19 cases in Assam, tally reaches 230

Assam’s COVID-19 tally on Friday reached 230, after 8 new positive cases were detected in the state, taking the number of active cases to 169. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Eight cases of #COVID19 confirmed, as per details below.” 1 patient who is at MMCH under quarantine 1 patient of SMCH 6 persons […]

Assam reports two more positive cases of COVID-19

Two more positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Assam’s, taking the state’s tally to 216. Both the positive cases are detected at the Silchar quarantine centre, one each from Cachar and Hailakandi. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Two persons from Silchar quarantine centre are found #COVID19 +. One each from Cachar […]

Assam: Two more test COVID-19 positive in Golaghat

Two more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam’s Golaghat, taking the state’s overall tally to 108. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Two persons of Golaghat district have tested #COVID19 positive.” ↗️Total cases 108 ↗️Recovered 41 ↗️Active cases 62 ↗️Deaths 3 ↗️Migrated 2 Alert ~ Two persons of Golaghat district have tested […]

One more person tests COVID-19 positive in Assam

One more person have tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam, taking the tally to 97. A 28-year-old person from Cachar dist, who arrived from Chennai have tested positive for coronavirus, with this the total number of active cases in the state has reached 52. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “28-year-old person from Cachar […]

2 more tests COVID-19 positive in Assam

Two more cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Assam on Friday.  The total number of positive cases in the state has reached 58. Both patients hail from Cachar district and had travelled in the bus which ferried people from Rajasthan. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “There are 2 more #COVID19 + patients […]

Assam’s 45th COVID-19 patient hails from Sonitpur district, returned from Ajmer

One more person has tested positive in Assam’s Cachar district for COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the total tally of active cases in the state to 10. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 45. According to reports, the person who tested positive originally hails from Kochgaon in Sonitpur district but had accidentally boarded […]

One more tests positive for COVID-19 in Assam; tally rises to 45

One person from Cachar district tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases in Assam to 45. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Alert ~ One person from Cachar dist has tested positive for #COVID19. Total #COVID19 patients in Assam now stands at 45 (Active cases 10, Discharged 34, Death 1). […]