A COVID-19 positive patient escaped from the Biswanath quarantine center. The patient identified as Almin Sheikh was at Biswanath College quarantine center.

Sheikh, who is a resident of Mursidabad in West Bengal, was residing in a rented house at Udaipur in Sootea.

The youth used to sell house-to-house products and was in quarantine center after he was tested positive of the virus.

After being tested positive, he escaped from the quarantine center.