Covid Alert: Guwahati's Chandmari, Rajgarh, and Maligaon Identified As Covid Hotspots

Guwahati: Covid hotspots have been found in Guwahati's Chandmari, Rajgarh, and Maligaon neighbourhoods due to a rapid spike in COVID-19 cases in these areas, according to Superintendent of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Abhijit Sarma.

The majority of those infected with the virus were discovered to be residents of these localities, according to the GMCH.

"Recently, substantial numbers of Covid19 cases have been reported in Chandmari, Rajgarh, and Maligaon," he stated. The National Health Mission (NHM) Assam, on the other hand, is assessing and monitoring hotspots."

Due to the ongoing Book Fair at the Assam Engineering Institute playground, the Chandmari region has seen a surge in crowds and traffic in recent days. Maligaon is a congested and densely populated area, and Rajgarh is a neighbouring area to Chandmari itself.

A total of 844 new cases were discovered in the state on Thursday, with 396 of them coming from Guwahati alone.

The areas with the largest number of new cases were Kamrup Metro (369), Jorhat (57), Kamrup Rural (52), and Darrang (50).

The new instances were discovered among 35,562 tests completed during the day.

On Thursday, the test positivity percentage in the state was recorded at 2.37 per cent.

Amid the increasing cases of Covid 19, the Assam government issued the new SOP guild lines that include the night curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.,  and all shops and business enterprises should close by 9:00 p.m.

All those with a single vaccine and those who have not been vaccinated will be subjected to mandatory screening at airports and railway stations.

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