Confirming the reports, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said all three new patients had returned to the state from outside and they are at Sarusajai stadium quarantine centre.
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Coronavirus cases in Assam on Sunday mounted to 100 after three more tested positive for the infection in Guwahati.
Confirming the reports, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said all three new patients had returned to the state from outside and they are at Sarusajai stadium quarantine centre.
The Assam minister further said that two among them had returned from Mumbai, Maharashtra and one from Bihar.
Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Three persons are tested #COVID19 + in Guwahati. Two of them came from Mumbai while one arrived from Bihar. All 3 are in Sarusajai quarantine centre. Total cases 100.”
Alert ~ Three persons are tested #COVID19 + in Guwahati. Two of them came from Mumbai while one arrived from Bihar. All 3 are in Sarusajai quarantine centre
Total cases 100
Recovered 41
Active cases 55
Deaths 2
Migrated 2Update 9.45 pm / May 17#AssamCovidCount pic.twitter.com/bND8maS95C
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 17, 2020
In the past 24 hours, Assam has registered nine Covid-19 positive cases, including a 9-year-old boy.
The state has so far reported 100 coronavirus positive cases including 39 cases from Kamrup (Metro), 12 cases from Cachar district, nine cases from Golaghat district, six cases each from Morigaon, Goalpara districts, five cases each from Dhubri and Bongaigaon districts, four cases each from Nalbari and Jorhat districts, two cases each from Karimganj and Kamrup districts, and one each from South Salmara, Lakhimpur, Hailakandi, Sonitpur, Sivasagar and Kokrajhar district.
