The Kamrup(M) administration has sealed the girls' hostel of Regional Dental College(RDC) and also declared it as 'Containment Zone' after a student of the collegehas been tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

The studentDr. Deepa Deka tested positive after she came in contact with the first doctorof GMCH who tested positive of the virus on Thursday.

Dr.Likithesh Dutta is a PG student of GMCH and tested positive of COVID-19 whilehe was in duty of coronavirus. Following the incident, the administrationdeclared the 1&5 No PG hostel as containment zone and today the RDC girls'hostel has also been declared as the same and sealed.

The entryand exit of any person to the hostel has been banned by the administration.

However, thetotal number of positive cases in the state stands at 59.