Kolkata returnee tests COVID-19 positive in Manipur; count rises to 4
May 16, 2020, 10:01 IST
Imphal, May 16 () A 21-year-old woman who recentlyreturned to Manipur from Kolkata has tested positive forCOVID-19, taking the total number of cases in the state tofour, authorities of a hospital where she is being treatedsaid on Saturday.
The woman, who works as a nurse in a hospital inKolkata, returned to Manipur in a bus on May 7 and was in aquarantine centre in Imphal West district till she testedpositive for COVID-19 on Friday, the authorities of state-runJawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) heresaid.
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With this development, the number of active cases inthe state has risen to two and both the patients are beingtreated at the JNIMS, they said.
Earlier, two other COVID-19 patients had recoveredfrom the disease. CORACD ACD(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)