<p>West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, which till Friday had no COVID-19 cases, has recorded 32 cases on Saturday. According to sources in the district administration, all of the patients are migrant workers and have recently returned to the district.</p>.<p>Cooch Behar district magistrate Pawan Kandyan said that all the 32 patients are asymptomatic and have been admitted to a COVID-19 hospital in Siliguri.</p>.<p>“They were at a quarantine centre. After testing positive for COVID-19 they were immediately admitted to a COVID hospital in Siliguri. They are all asymptomatic. We are waiting for the results of their second swab tests,” he said.</p>.<p>He also said that all the primary contacts of the patients have been identified and put under isolation.</p>.<p>“Till Saturday, about 1000 people have returned to Cooch Behar,” said Kandyan.</p>.<p>Earlier, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said that with large number of migrant workers being sent back to the state in trains, the number of COVID-19 cases may rise. She had lashed out at the Railways asking whether they want to run 'Corona Express' in the name of Shramik Express.</p>
<p>West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, which till Friday had no COVID-19 cases, has recorded 32 cases on Saturday. According to sources in the district administration, all of the patients are migrant workers and have recently returned to the district.</p>.<p>Cooch Behar district magistrate Pawan Kandyan said that all the 32 patients are asymptomatic and have been admitted to a COVID-19 hospital in Siliguri.</p>.<p>“They were at a quarantine centre. After testing positive for COVID-19 they were immediately admitted to a COVID hospital in Siliguri. They are all asymptomatic. We are waiting for the results of their second swab tests,” he said.</p>.<p>He also said that all the primary contacts of the patients have been identified and put under isolation.</p>.<p>“Till Saturday, about 1000 people have returned to Cooch Behar,” said Kandyan.</p>.<p>Earlier, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said that with large number of migrant workers being sent back to the state in trains, the number of COVID-19 cases may rise. She had lashed out at the Railways asking whether they want to run 'Corona Express' in the name of Shramik Express.</p>
