COVID-19 pandemic in Assam

COVID-19 pandemic in Assam
  Location of Assam in India
Clockwise from top:
  • A hospital ward in Guwahati in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic emergency response meeting in Assam
  • Sanitization of an apartment complex in Golaghat in response to COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Emergency and especial care hospital in Golaghat
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationAssam, India
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China[1]
Index caseSrigouri, Badarpur, Dist. Karimganj[2]
24°51′35″N 92°31′51″E / 24.859818°N 92.530882°E / 24.859818; 92.530882
Date31 March 2020 – ongoing
(4 years, 1 month and 4 weeks)[3]
Confirmed casesNegative increase 89,468[4][note 1]
Active casesNegative increase 21,590[citation needed][note 2]
RecoveredIncrease 67,641
Deaths
Negative increase 234[citation needed]
Fatality rateSteady 0.26%
Territories
All 33 districts[11]
Government website
Assam COVID-19 Dashboard

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Assam was reported on 31 March 2020.[3] As of 28 May 2024, the Government of Assam has confirmed a total of 89,468[note 3] positive cases of COVID-19 including 67,641 recoveries, three migrations and 234 deaths in the state.[citation needed] The state's as well as northeast's largest city, Guwahati, has been worst affected by coronavirus.[13]

The COVID-19 outbreak in Assam has been traced to persons who attended the conference of the Tablighi Jamaat religious organisation at Nizamuddin Markaz (Delhi) and did not report to the authorities after their return to Assam.[14][15] Out of the total patients of COVID-19 in Assam – 37 are either attendees or contacts of Tablighi Jamaat.[16] The COVID-19 tally in Assam also shoots up due to some pilgrims of Ajmer Sharif Dargah (Rajasthan), who arrived in the Silchar city of Cachar district by bus on 6 May. Later on, 10 pilgrims tested positive for coronavirus and the others were sent to quarantine as per guidelines.[17][18] The state witness spike in number of COVID-19 cases as migrant workers and many people of Assam stranded in other parts of the country returned to Assam. Many of them tested positive for coronavirus when they were in quarantine in the respective quarantine centres of the state.[19][20]

In the fight against coronavirus, many frontline warriors of COVID-19 have also tested positive in Assam. Though many of them have later recovered, a very few have died.[21][22] So far, the Assam Police has registered 3,005 COVID-19 cases among its personnel. Of them, 2,274 have recovered, 723 are undergoing treatment, while eight have died to the virus.[23]

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  2. ^ Satananda Bhattacharjee (1 April 2020). "1st coronavirus case in Assam". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "First Corona Case in Assam: 52 year tested positive in Silchar Medical College". Barak Bulletin. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Covid-19 Dashboard Assam". The Government of Assam. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "GMCH's 5 No PG Hostel Declared As Containment Zone". Pratidin Time. 8 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  6. ^ "AMBULANCE ENTERED ASSAM FROM MUMBAI WITH PROPER PERMISSION". News Live. 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ "17 MORE COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES IN ASSAM". News Live. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Assam reports 13 more positive COVID-19 cases". Northeast Live. 20 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ Prabin Kalita (11 May 2020). "Two more test positive for Covid-19 in Assam". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Three more test positive for COVID-19 in Assam, tally rises to 89". Outlook. 16 May 2020.
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  12. ^ "NAGALAND'S COVID-19 PATIENT DISCHARGED FROM GMCH". News Live. 1 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. ^ Kangkan Kalita (6 July 2020). "Covid-19 pandemic has worsened in Guwahati in last 10 days: Himanta Biswa Sarma". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  14. ^ "LIST OF 16 NIZAMUDDIN ATTENDEES WHO TEST CORONAVIRUS POSITIVE IN ASSAM". News Live. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  15. ^ "4 MORE COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES IN ASSAM, TOTAL CASES RISE TO 20". News Live. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Assam Covid count rises to 42 with five new cases today". UNI. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  17. ^ Prabin Kalita (9 May 2020). "Bus from Ajmer Sharif shoots up Assam Covid-19 tally". The Times of India.
  18. ^ Hemanta Kumar Nath (8 May 2020). "Assam reports two fresh coronavirus cases today". India Blooms. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  19. ^ Parvina Purkayastha (20 May 2020). "Covid-19 quarantine centres emerge as a new challenge for Assam as state records highest single-day spike". Times Now. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  20. ^ Amitabh Sinha (26 May 2020). "Migrant workers a worry for Assam too". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  21. ^ "On-duty nurse tests positive for Covid-19 in Dhemaji". The Sentinel. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  22. ^ "First covid-19 death from medical fraternity in Assam, 1,001 new cases reported". live mint. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  23. ^ Hemanta Kumar Nath. "Assam: Over 3,000 police personnel test coronavirus positive, state tally surges to 82,201". India Today. Retrieved 19 August 2020.


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