COVID-19 patients gone down to 21

Guwahati: Amid the country wide lockdown Assam has reasons to heave a sigh of relief as the figure of COVID-19 patients has come down to 21 from 34 on Saturday.

Three more patients were discharged from 2 different hospitals on Saturday after they received confirmation of recovery from the virus that has killed millions of people across the globe.

According to health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the total number of patients who have been discharged from the various hospitals has gone up to 12 on Saturday.

Two patients were discharged from Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) in Guwahati while another was discharged from the Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH). But cured patients will have to remain under 14-day quarantine as per protocol, said Sarma.