<p>Several senior bureaucrats, including the Commissioner and Secretary to Assam Governor, have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>At least five senior officials have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the last 2-3 days, an official told PTI.</p>.<p>Commissioner and Secretary to the Governor of Assam, S S Meenakshi Sundaram, his wife and mother have tested positive for Covid-19 and they are being treated at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here.</p>.<p>Senior IAS officer Oinam Sarankumar Singh, the Commissioner of Industries Department and also the MD of Assam Industrial Development Corporation, has also tested positive for Covid-19, he said.</p>.<p>Pabitra Ram Khaund, the secretary of the Transport, Industries and Commerce Departments is undergoing treatment at hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>The PS to the Principal Secretary of the Chief Minister, Rajibuddin Ahmed has tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to a hospital for treatment, the official said.</p>.<p>Additional Secretary of the Industries Department Isaan Bardalai has also tested positive.</p>.<p>Additional Chief Secretary and the Chairman of the Board of Revenue, V S Bhaskar's cook has also tested positive for Covid-19, the source said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, 608 police personnel have tested Covid-19 positive across the state, of whom one has died and 272 have recovered, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) G P Singh said on Twitter.</p>.<p>On Monday, the Senior Officers' Colony, commonly known as IAS Colony, was partially sealed after it was declared a 'Containment Zone' for an indefinite period after four cases of Covid-19 were detected there.</p>.<p>The entire Raj Bhavan campus and its surrounding areas were declared a containment zone and sealed on July 4 after two members of the Governor's Office tested COVID-19 positive.</p>.<p>Guwahati city has reported a total of 8,171 COVID-19 cases so far, of whom 7,728 persons tested positive since June 24.</p>.<p>The 14-day lockdown imposed from June 28 in Kamrup Metropolitan district, under which Guwahati city falls, was extended by a week till July 19. </p>
<p>Several senior bureaucrats, including the Commissioner and Secretary to Assam Governor, have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>At least five senior officials have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the last 2-3 days, an official told PTI.</p>.<p>Commissioner and Secretary to the Governor of Assam, S S Meenakshi Sundaram, his wife and mother have tested positive for Covid-19 and they are being treated at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here.</p>.<p>Senior IAS officer Oinam Sarankumar Singh, the Commissioner of Industries Department and also the MD of Assam Industrial Development Corporation, has also tested positive for Covid-19, he said.</p>.<p>Pabitra Ram Khaund, the secretary of the Transport, Industries and Commerce Departments is undergoing treatment at hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>The PS to the Principal Secretary of the Chief Minister, Rajibuddin Ahmed has tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to a hospital for treatment, the official said.</p>.<p>Additional Secretary of the Industries Department Isaan Bardalai has also tested positive.</p>.<p>Additional Chief Secretary and the Chairman of the Board of Revenue, V S Bhaskar's cook has also tested positive for Covid-19, the source said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, 608 police personnel have tested Covid-19 positive across the state, of whom one has died and 272 have recovered, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) G P Singh said on Twitter.</p>.<p>On Monday, the Senior Officers' Colony, commonly known as IAS Colony, was partially sealed after it was declared a 'Containment Zone' for an indefinite period after four cases of Covid-19 were detected there.</p>.<p>The entire Raj Bhavan campus and its surrounding areas were declared a containment zone and sealed on July 4 after two members of the Governor's Office tested COVID-19 positive.</p>.<p>Guwahati city has reported a total of 8,171 COVID-19 cases so far, of whom 7,728 persons tested positive since June 24.</p>.<p>The 14-day lockdown imposed from June 28 in Kamrup Metropolitan district, under which Guwahati city falls, was extended by a week till July 19. </p>