Atotal of 70 people from Nalbari and Jagiroad have been placed in quarantine atSarusajai Stadium on Thursday night by the state health department.

47people from Nalbari have been sent to Sarusajai by Swahid Mukunda Kakati CivilHospital. These people were kept in isolation at the hospital as they are suspectedto have infected with COVID-19.

Arshad Ali, who has been tested positive of COVID-19, has already been admitted to Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH).

Onthe other hand, 23 people from Jagiroad have also been placed in quarantine atSarusajai Stadium. Out of the 23, several are women and children and all ofthem are relatives of the three people who are tested positive of the deadlyvirus.