Assam COVID-19 deaths
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Sixteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Udalguri on Sunday, spurring the health department to alert mode.

Out of the sixteen fresh cases, a doctor of Tangla CHC was also found to be positive while an NHM health worker of Harisinga and 14 persons of a quarantine centre tested positive for the infection.

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Confirming the development, a top district health official said though swap samples of the medical workers were collected, we will recollect the swab samples of staffs of Tangla CHC for the test.

โ€œThe doctor was also suffering from liver-related ailments.โ€ the official added.

Meanwhile, the health department and administration have declared the hospital as containment zone on Sunday night.

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Shajid Khan is Northeast Now Correspondent in Udalguri. He can be reached at: [email protected]