18 COVID-19 patients discharged from Assam hospitals:

Guwahati, April 20: One more COVID-19 patient discharged in Assam. Assam has discharged 18 COVID-19 patients from different hospitals of the state so far.

On Monday, one patient was discharged from Sonapur Civil Hospital.

Assam Health Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, the patients were discharged from the hospitals after their successive testes confirmed as negative.

“One #COVID19 patient – Hazrat Ali has been discharged today from Sonapur Civil Hospital, after his two successive tests confirmed as negative. Cured patients -18,” Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted.

On Sunday, five COVID-19 patients were from two government-run hospitals in Guwahati and today One more COVID-19 patient got discharged in Assam.

Assam has reported 34 positive cases for COVID-19 and one among the patients was died due to the dreaded virus on April 10.

On the other hand, two North Eastern states Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur have become Corona free states after three patients including two from Manipur recovered.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh tweeted – “I am glad to share that Manipur is now Corona free. Both patients have fully recovered and have tested negative. There are no fresh cases of the virus in the state. This has been possible because of the cooperation of public &medical staff and strict enforcement of lockdown.”

The North-Eastern region has registered 52 positive cases for COVID-19 so far and one each patient from Assam and Meghalaya died due to the dreaded virus.

22 patients have discharged from hospitals in the region so far.