Assam reports fresh COVID-19 case from Dhubri, tally at 30

Assam recorded a fresh COVID-19 positive case on Monday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 30. The latest case has been reported from the Dhubri district. Addressing a press meet in Guwahati, state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the fresh positive cases was confirmed at the Barpeta Medical College […]

Assam: AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam arrested for allegedly communalising COVID-19 crisis

The Assam Police has arrested All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA Aminul Islam on charges of spreading rumours regarding the outbreak of Coronavirus in the state. The Dhing MLA was arrested after he was detained by the Nagaon police on Monday night followed by intensive interrogation. At a time when humanity is at crisis […]

One more test positive for COVID-19 in Assam; state tally reaches 27

One more positive COVID-19 case has been detected in Assam on Tuesday taking the total tally in the state to 27. The latest case is reported from the state’s Dhubri district. The person had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event that took place at Nizamuddin Basti in Delhi. This was confirmed by Assam health minister Himanta […]

Massive spike in COVID-19 positive cases in India; around 700 cases in 24 hours

There has been a massive spike in the number of positive cases in India. As many as 693 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the country over 4,000. Of the total 4,067 active cases in the country, 1,445 cases are related to the […]

30 pc of total COVID-19 cases in country linked to Tablighi Jamaat event: Health Ministry

Out of the total cases of COVID-19 in the country, around 30 per cent are epidemiologically linked to Tablighi Jamaat cluster at Nizamuddin, the Centre said on Saturday. Total positive cases of COVID-19 in India stands at 2,902 which includes 601 fresh patients. “Till now we have found cases related to Tablighi Jamaat from 17 […]