GUWAHATI: Police commissioner of Guwahati city in Assam – Diganta Borah has been tested positive for COVID-19.
Guwahati police commissioner Diganta Borah was tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday (April 16).
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Notably, there has been a steady rise in COVID-19 cases in India, including Assam.
India recorded over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
According to the union health ministry, active COVID-19 case count in India has reached the 57,000 mark.
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Moreover, 23 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in India in the last 24 hours.
Experts say a new sub-variant of Omicron is probably the cause behind the sudden rise of COVID infections in India.
It is triggering fears of a fourth wave in the country amidst a declining trend worldwide.
Experts say a new sub-variant of Omicron XBB1.5, named XBB 1.6 and dubbed Arcturus by experts, could be the cause of the wave in India.
“The current spike in India is caused by XBB.1.16/Arcturus and other variants in India have been replaced by XBB.1.16/Arcturus within a few months,” Carmen Leitch, an expert on the virus said this week in an article in Labroots.