This is the first positive cases of Covid-19 in Assam, state health department official, said. Sources said the 52-year-old individual is from Hassanpur near Badarpur, was suffering high fever and body ache during the last few days.
Doctors at Srigouri PHC near Badarpur had at first put him under observation.
His blood test was tested at Silchar Medical College Hospital and was found positive In this way, the National Institute of Virology in Pune confirmed the blood sample to be positive on Tuesday evening.
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has confirmed the report, and said the patient is presently undergoing treatment at Silchar Medical College Hospital.
"His condition is stable," Sarma said.
Sources said the 52-year-old man had visited Guwahati recently, while coming back from New Delhi, and had stayed at Hatigaon.
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