Altogether 11 COVID-19 patients were discharged from various hospitals of Assam as two more discharged from Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) on Saturday.
Briefingthe media persons at MMCH, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta BiswaSarma said that altogether 12 patients have been discharged as of now and onemore will be discharged today from Silchar hospital.
As boththe patients are from Uttar Pradesh, they will stay in Assam until any movementof transport. "They will now be in 14-days quarantine and will stay in aseparate room in the hospital premises as they cannot move to UP during thelockdown. They are now completely cured but will stay in quarantine forobservation," said Himanta.
EarlierTwo COVID-19 patients, who successively tested negative twice, were dischargedfrom Sonapur Civil Hospital on Wednesday evening. They were identified as JunabAli (46) and Nuruddin Ali (55). Other patients discharged from hospitalare three from Goalpara, and four from Golaghat and one will be dischargedtoday from Silchar.
Bothare residents of Morigaon's Jagiroad and will now be under 14-days homequarantine in the Jagiroad Paper Mill complex.
Addressingthe media at Sonapur Civil Hospital, the Minister said that the active COVID-19patients in Assam are slowly recovering. However, he maintained that onepatient who is suffering from cancer and can be termed as being in a seriouscondition.
The ministersaid that out of the 34 positive patient of COVID-19, 12 will be discharged bytoday evening, one patient expired and the others will be discharged soon.
The ministerwill now move to Silchar to take stock of the COVID-19 situation.