COVID-19 cases soar to 95 as 4 more test positive in Assam

The total number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 95 with the emergence of four new cases in Assam.

Of the four new cases, two are from Guwahati and one each from upper Assam’s Sivasagar district and Sonitpur district.

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Sivasagar registered its first COVId-19 case with a young boy tested positive for the lethal virus while the Guwahati registered 33 total COVID-19 cases so far. The youth was asymptomatic.

Of the total 95 cases, 50 are active cases while 41 have been cured/ discharged and two died in the state so far. The first case was reported on March 31 in Assam.

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Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appealed the people of the state not to step out of their homes unless it is very important and to maintain social distancing.

The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 90,000 on Sunday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus infection in India, even as indications emerged about greater relaxations in the fourth phase of the lockdown beginning Monday to contain economic costs of the pandemic.

With the massive spike in the confirmed COVID-19 cases, India has surpassed China’s official tally of 82,933 with as many as 4,987 new cases registered in the last 24 hours.

The situation in Maharashtra is worsening with 30,706 COVID-19 cases reported so far followed by Gujarat with 10,988 cases and Tamil Nadu with 10,585 cases. Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, and Karnataka crossed 1,000-mark while Assam registered 4 new cases in the last 24 hours taking the total to 95; of which 50 are active cases while 41 have been cured/ discharged and two died in the state so far. A total of 34,109 people have been cured/ discharged while 2,872 people died due to the virus across the nation.

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