5 more COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital in Assam

Five more COVID-19 patients

were discharged from hospital in Assam on Sunday, taking the total number of cured persons to 17, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Thirty-four persons had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state since March 31 and one person, hailing from Hailakandi, had died.

Four persons, including a woman, were discharged from Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) and another from Guwahati Medical College Hospital here after their four successive tests were negative, the minister tweeted.

All five patients will now proceed for 14-day home quarantine, he said.

"Glad that the number of 17 cured patients in the state now exceeds the 16 active cases", he added.

The patient released from GMCH is the sole non- Tablighi Jamaat positive patient and is a resident of a high- end apartment in the city with a travel history to Delhi and Agra.

The total cured patients in Assam was now 17 with six released from MMCH, four from Golaghat Civil Hospital, three