Guwahati, May 15 () Fifteen more people testedpositive for COVID-19 on Monday in Assam, taking the totalcases in the state to 79, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmasaid.
All the 15 had come in contact with a migrant workerwho tested positive for the disease on Monday.
Out of the total 79 cases, 37 are active while one whotested positive in the state has moved to Bihar, two died and39 others have been cured and discharged.
"15 persons are tested #COVID19 + in Kamrup Metro. Allare related to patient from Guwahati's Fancy Bazaar, whotested + recently. All under quarantine and please don'tpanic," the minister tweeted.
The total number of cases in Guwahati city has risento 22, including a 16-year-old girl who was detected to bepositive after her death.
The Kamrup (Metro) district administration hasdeclared a part of Fancy Bazaar as a containment zone and shutdown the municipal market complex in the area. Guwahati citynow has six containment zones.
Meanwhile, six buses from Delhi with 163 students onboard and one bus from Chennai carrying 24 cancer patients andattendants reached Guwahati on Wednesday, Sarma said.
After receiving the returnees, the minister said theywould have to go for a 14-day quarantine.
Six buses carrying 137 passengers, mostly cancerpatients and their attendants, arrived from Mumbai on Tuesdayand they were quarantined in a hotel.
More than 21,000 tests have been conducted in theseven laboratories in the state so far. DGNN NN
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