Assamese singer Manas Robin and his wife test positive for coronavirus

Guwahati: Manas Robin, the famed Assamese music director, musician, lyricist, filmmaker, Bihu artist and music producer, has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus, he revealed via a Facebook post on Tuesday.

"My COVID-19 test has been found to be positive. Additionally, my wife has also tested positive. Everybody who came close to us during the past few days is requested to get themselves tested and stay alert," Robin wrote in his post in Assamese.

The Sentinel Digital tried reaching out to the artist via phone, but he could not be contacted.

This is a developing story. Watch this space for more details.

Assam COVID-19 Update:

The virus numbers are continuing to mount in Assam, even as India has surpassed Brazil to become the second-worst hit country in the world. The COVID-19 tally in Assam rose to 1,28,244 on Monday after 2,785 new cases were detected, while 10 fresh fatalities took the state's death toll to 370, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted.

Of the new deaths, four were reported from Kamrup Metropolitan district, two each from Karimganj and Nalbari, and one each from Dibrugarh and Sivasagar. The mortality rate in the state is currently 0.29 per cent -- still on the lower side.

The 2,785 new positive cases in the state include 675 from Kamrup Metropolitan, 220 from Dibrugarh, 165 from Jorhat and 126 from Lakhimpur.

The new cases were detected out of 38,611 tests conducted during the last 24 hours. Altogether 25,32,726 samples have been tested in the state so far, informed Biswa Sarma.

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