Assam reports 3 new cases, total 16; all attended Markaz

Three more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Assam, this time from Goalpara, taking the total to 16 until now. The latest three patients also attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi earlier last month ago.

This was updated by health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at 12.15 am on Thursday, April 2.

Alert ~ 3 more #COVID19 positive cases in Goalpara, Assam, taking the total to 16.

These three new cases are also of those who joined #TablighiJamaat congregation at #NizamuddinMarkaz.

Update at 12:15 am / April 2

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 1, 2020

This comes a couple of hours after Sarma announced on Wednesday night that eight more cases of coronavirus were detected in the state. They too had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregartion. The reports came from a COVID testing lab in Jorhat.

Alert ~ 8 more #COVID19 positive cases in Assam, taking the total to 13.

All eight new cases are of people who also participated in #TablighiJamaat congregation at #NizamuddinMarkaz.

Update at 9 pm / April 1

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 1, 2020

A day sooner, on Tuesday, Assam reported its first COVID-19 case. Md Jamaluddin, a 52-year-old resident of Karimganj, tested positive for the virus. He too was a participant at the Nizamuddin Markaz. He is being treated at Silchar Medical College.

Prior in the day, the Minister informed that four new cases had been confirmed at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.

They were identified as Md Arshad Ali (19) from Nalbari district, Md Hazarat Ali (60) from Jagiroad, Md Nuruddin (55) from Jagiroad, Md Janab Ali (46) from Jagiroad.

Sarma said that not at all like HIV cases where the patient's name is not revealed, the names of COVID-19 patients are being discharged so that any people who came in contact with them can come forward and get themselves tested.

The Assam government got a list of 547 people from the Center for being in and around the Nizamuddin Markaz hotspot in March during a religious congregation. The Health Minister informed that regarding these 134 are not suspected by prima facie, and 68 people haven't return to the state, which leaves generally around 347 people in the state.

Up until this point, 230 of these have been identified and located, and the state is working on contacting the others.