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Meghalaya reports fresh COVID-19 positive case, state tally surges to 12

| @indiablooms | Apr 21, 2020, at 02:06 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Meghalaya on Tuesday reported a fresh positive case for COVID-19 taking the state's tally to 12.

The patient is one of the family friends of the first positive patient.

The first COVID-19 positive patient of the state – a 69-year-old senior doctor of a Shillong based hospital- died on April 15. 

Confirming the report, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said the new COVID-19 patient is now in the quarantine centre.

“One of the family friend of the positive patient has also been tested positive. The person is already in quarantine centre. The total number is at 12. One deceased and other 11 are stable,” Sangma tweeted.

Meghalaya has now 11 active positive cases for COVID-19 and out of the active cases, eight people are the family members of the deceased doctor and two are helpers and one is family friend.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati, Image Credit: Unsplash)

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