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Tripura’s first Covid-19 patient recovers, sent to quarantine

The woman had tested positive for coronavirus on April 6.

Updated on: Apr 16, 2020, 05:36:47 IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | By
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Tripura’s first Covid-19 patient was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after she tested negative in consecutive tests, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said.

Six hundred people in Tripura are under surveillance to check the spread of coronavirus. (ANI)
Six hundred people in Tripura are under surveillance to check the spread of coronavirus. (ANI)

The 45-year-old woman was shifted to institutional quarantine for 14 days at Udaipur in Gomati district under the observation of a medical team.

She had tested positive for Covid-19 on April 6. After consecutive tests of her came negative, she was released from the isolation ward of the state-run GBP hospital in Agartala.

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“Glad to share that first # COVID19 positive patient of Tripura has been discharged today, as she has recovered & found negative in consecutive tests. She has been sent for institutional quarantine for 14 days under medical supervision at Udaipur,” Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said in a Facebook post.

Tripura has another Covid-19 patient, whose condition is said to be stable. According to medical reports, viral load in his sample has reduced.

A total of 600 people are under surveillance across the state. Out of the 600 people, 145 are in institutional quarantine and 455 in home quarantine. A total of 738 samples have been tested so far.

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