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Assam has reported its first coronavirus positive case. A four-and-a-half-yr-old girl has tested positive in Jorhat. Her samples have been sent to ICMR for reconfirmation.
Jorhat Deputy Commissioner Roshni Aparanji Korati said, “We have sent the sample to ICMR laboratory in Lahowal for a recheck. The result is expected tomorrow afternoon.”
There are at least 13 states and union territories so far which have not reported a single confirmed COVID-19 case. This includes Goa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Lakshwadeep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
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