Guwahati will not be declared as red or orange zone, said Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday. Sarma said that the Assam government has changed the policy of declaring entire district or city as red or orange zone. “We have already announced containment zones in Guwahati. The government has changed the policy. We […]

A truck driver hailing from Assam’s Karimganj district who had gone to Tripura and detected positive for COVID-19 returned to his hometown by reportedly escaping quarantine. It has been learnt that the samples of the truck driver were collected while he entered the state carrying essentials the matter was informed to the Karimganj district authorities […]

One more person have tested positive for COVID-19 in Shillong, taking the total number of positive cases in Meghalaya to 13. The development was confirmed by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on his official Twitter handle. Sangma tweeted, “Unfortunately we have another positive case in Shillong. It’s a person working in the same house. As a […]

One more person, a student of Regional Dental College in Kamrup (M) have tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The total number of positive coronavirus cases in Assam have reached 59. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted,” One student of Regional Dental College, Kamrup Metro has tested #COVID19 positive.” ↗️Total #COVID19 patients in Assam […]

30 more have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, taking the state tally to 118. 25 persons from BSF’s 86th Battalion and 4 family members from BSF’s 136th-Battalion, including a truck driver have been found positive for coronavirus. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb tweeted, “30 persons found #COVID19 POSITIVE in Tripura today. 25 […]

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 […]

After four COVID-19 positive cases were reported from Guwahati and Kamrup (R) district on Thursday, four areas in Guwahati have been declared as containment zones. Two PG boys hostels (No 1 and 5) of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) have been declared as containment zones after a post graduate student from GMCH tested COVID-19 […]

Three more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 56. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Alert ~ 3 more persons, who travelled in the bus from Rajasthan in which the Cachar dist #COVID19 + person travelled, have tested positive. Total […]

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, addressing a press conference informed that the three positive COVID-19 patients in Guwahati have no travel history. Sarma has urged the citizens to remain alert. He appealed the people to immediately rush to the hospital if anyone is suffering from cough, fever and diarrhea. A post graduate […]

India’s count of COVID-19 cases on Friday rose to 56,342 including 1,886 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Currently, there are 37,916 active cases while 16,539 COVID-19 positive patients have been cured/discharged and one has migrated. Maharashtra has the highest number of cases with 18,120 followed by Gujarat with 7,013 cases […]