Guwahati, May 5 () Two persons, including one withtravel history to West Bengal, tested positive for COVID-19 inAssam on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in thestate to 44, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
One person from Kokrajhar district, with a travelhistory to Cooch Behar in West Bengal, tested positive forCOVID-19, the minister said.
The other person hails from Goalpara and since "theperson is in containment zone, there is no need to fear",Sarma said.
At present, 11 infected persons are undergoingtreatment. One person has died and 32 have recovered anddischarged from hospitals.
The fresh two cases are detected after a gap of fourdays. On April 30, five persons tested positive -- four ofthem hail from Bongaigaon and one from Karimganj.
The four persons from Bongaigaon have no history ofcontact with any coronavirus infected person, first suchinstance in the state.
In Assam, 13,442 people have been tested so far in sixlaboratories in the state. Results of 953 are awaited.
Meanwhile, the first batch of 124 students fromRajasthan's Kota, quarantined at the Sarusajai facility, werereleased after they tested negative.
Sarma visited the quarantine facility along withofficials to monitor their discharge.
A group of 391 students arrived here from Kota in 17buses on April 27 and the boys were quarantined at SarusajaiStadium and the girls in three hotels.
The minister also said that 44 students from Assamstudying at Mewar University in Chittorgarh in Rajasthan arereturning in two buses.
They have all the "requisite permissions and passesfrom the state government. They may please be allowedunhindered travel", he said. DGSOM SOM
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