The first COVID-19 patient from Dimapur in Nagaland who was tested positive at Guwahati Medical College is improving.
Nagaland health minister S Pangnyu Phom took to Twitter late Monday night to inform about the health of the first COVID-19 patient in the State.
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He tweeted:
‘Updated jst now from Ghy: the condition of the first patient from Dimapur who was tested +ve at Guwahati Medical College yesterday is improving. His father’s sample was tested Negative on the first test.
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Grateful to all frontliners of Assam who is tkng care of the patient.’
The patient who was referred from a private hospital at Dimapur, was found positive for COVID-19 in Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) on Sunday.
This is Nagaland’s first COVID-19 positive case.
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The COVID-19 positive patient has been undergoing treatment at GMCH.
This has been confirmed by Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the latest update on COVID-19 on his Twitter handle.
Health minister Sarma said the private hospital in Dimapur referred the case to GMCH when the patient showed symptoms of COVID-19.