Assam had its first death for coronavirus as the 65-year patient Haji Haque Barbhuyan who had a visit record of Nizamuddin Markaz died this morning at Silchar Medical College and Hospital.

The news was announced by the health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in his twitter account. Health authorities here said Borbhuiya, who was taken from the Borjurai village near Hailakandi town to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital following his swab sample tested positive on Tuesday night, developed pneumonia and his condition deteriorated. He has been shifted to ICU in the afternoon on Thursday. Borbhuiya had returned to Hailakandi on March 18 after coming from Saudi Arabia and Markaz, Nizamuddin in Delhi. His swab sample was sent to SMC&H on April 5 and tested positive on April 7. Borbhuiya and his family were under home quarantine.

Meanwhile, the IDSP team shifted the five members of Borbhuiya’s family to a quarantine center here. Swab samples have been sent to Silchar Medical College and Hospital the results of which are awaited. The entire village has a one km radius with a population of over 1,500 has been declared a containment zone with entry and exit of people and vehicles prohibited barring essential and emergency services.

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