<p>Four persons including a woman having no travel history tested COVID-19 positive in Assam on Thursday increasing the health officials' worry in the state.</p>.<p>Confirming the four new positive cases in western Assam's Bongaigaon district, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters that it was a cause of worry as this was for the first time in the state that persons having no travel history tested COVID-19 positive.</p>.<p>"Out of the three, one lives near a government hospital, where a person who tested positive earlier visited. But we don't have information so far about three others coming into contact with any such COVID-19 positive persons. This proves that coronavirus is active in Assam and anyone can get infected by it if we don't maintain the safety norms prescribed by the government," Sarma said.</p>.<p>This took the total number of COVID-19 positive cases to 41, of which 27 have been released so far after recovery. One of them, however, succumbed to the virus. </p>.<p>Two more persons, including one from Bongaigaon district, tested positive on Wednesday. The duo, however, were in-home quarantined and had come in contact with persons, who returned from the Nizamuddin congregation. </p>.<p>Following the new cases, the state health department asked the Bongaigaon district administration to declare three-kilometer radius of their residences as a containment zone. The district was also put into the list of COVID-19 'Red Zone'. Three other districts, Morigaon, Dhubri and Goalpara are in the list at present.</p>.<p>Sarma said the health department, however, decided to remove Nalbari and Golaghat districts from the list of 'Red Zones' as no new COVID-19 positive cases were detected in the past 28-days.</p>
<p>Four persons including a woman having no travel history tested COVID-19 positive in Assam on Thursday increasing the health officials' worry in the state.</p>.<p>Confirming the four new positive cases in western Assam's Bongaigaon district, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters that it was a cause of worry as this was for the first time in the state that persons having no travel history tested COVID-19 positive.</p>.<p>"Out of the three, one lives near a government hospital, where a person who tested positive earlier visited. But we don't have information so far about three others coming into contact with any such COVID-19 positive persons. This proves that coronavirus is active in Assam and anyone can get infected by it if we don't maintain the safety norms prescribed by the government," Sarma said.</p>.<p>This took the total number of COVID-19 positive cases to 41, of which 27 have been released so far after recovery. One of them, however, succumbed to the virus. </p>.<p>Two more persons, including one from Bongaigaon district, tested positive on Wednesday. The duo, however, were in-home quarantined and had come in contact with persons, who returned from the Nizamuddin congregation. </p>.<p>Following the new cases, the state health department asked the Bongaigaon district administration to declare three-kilometer radius of their residences as a containment zone. The district was also put into the list of COVID-19 'Red Zone'. Three other districts, Morigaon, Dhubri and Goalpara are in the list at present.</p>.<p>Sarma said the health department, however, decided to remove Nalbari and Golaghat districts from the list of 'Red Zones' as no new COVID-19 positive cases were detected in the past 28-days.</p>