Guwahati: After testing negative for COVID-19 twice, 16 patients were discharged in Assam on Friday evening, informed health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. This takes the total number of discharged patients in Assam to 125.
Of the latest discharged patients, 12 are from Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital in Guwahati, 3 from Silchar Medical College and Hospital and 1 from Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.
Informing about the same, Sarma tweeted, “Glad to share that Keycap digit oneKeycap digit six more patients have been discharged today after they tested negative for #COVID19 twice. MMCH 12; SMCH 3; JMCH 1”
Discharge Alert
Glad to share that 1⃣6⃣ more patients have been discharged today after they tested negative for #COVID19 twice.
➡️ MMCH 12; SMCH 3; JMCH 1
Total Discharged Patients – 125
Active Patients – 803Update 7:10 PM / May 29#AssamCovidCount pic.twitter.com/9A4hgrvmpn
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 29, 2020
Earlier in the day, six patients from Gauhati Medical College and Hospital were discharged. A total of 31 patients were discharged on Friday.
As on Friday, Assam reported 55 new cases. The total coronavirus cases in the state are 935, of which 803 are actove, 125 have been discharged, 4 deaths and 3 migrated to other states.
Alert ~ 25 new cases of #COVID19+
11 Kamrup M, 8 Hojai, 6 air traveller
↗️Total cases 935
↗️Recovered 109
↗️Active cases 819
↗️Deaths 04Update 6:20 pm / May 29 / Day’s total as of now 55#AssamCovidCount pic.twitter.com/7662ut7sla
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 29, 2020