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Two more COVID-19 positive cases reported in Meghalaya

| @indiablooms | Apr 18, 2020, at 12:04 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Meghalaya on Saturday reported two more positive cases for the deadly Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19.

Both persons are the family members and helpers of the first COVID-19 positive patient of the state who died early on Apr 15.

A 69-year-old senior doctor of a Shillong based hospital was tested positive for COVID-19 on Apr 13.

The latest report has been confirmed by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.  

"Two more positive cases detected taking the total to 10 active cases in the State. Both cases are from the house of the first patient one is family and other a helper in the house," Sangma tweeted.  

The state's tally has now increased to 11 including the death case.

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

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