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Nagaland reports its first COVID-19 case

| @indiablooms | Apr 13, 2020, at 12:17 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Nagaland reported its first COVID-19 positive case on Sunday.

Assam Health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, a private hospital in Dimapur in Nagaland had referred a patient to Guwahati Medical College Hospital after the patient was found with symptoms of COVID-19 and later he was tested positive for COVID-19.

The patient is now undergoing treatment at Guwahati Medical College Hospital.

The Assam minister tweeted – “A private hospital in Dimapur, Nagaland referred a patient to GMCH after he was found with symptoms of #COVID19. He has tested positive and is undergoing treatment.”

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

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