Tea garden turns Covid-19 hotspot with 133 cases in Assam's Dibrugarh

Guwahati | Friday | 7th May, 2021

Summary:

133 people have tested positive for Covid-19 at Jaloni Tea Estate in Assam`s Dibrugarh district.

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The second wave of Covid-19 in the country is not showing any signs of slowing down.

More than 4 lakh fresh cases of Covid-19 are being reported in India every day; meanwhile, shocking news has emerged from the tea gardens of Assam.

133 people have tested positive for Covid-19 at Jaloni Tea Estate in Assam`s Dibrugarh district.

There is an outcry and panic in the area after the news came to light.

The entire area of ​​the tea estate has been sealed.

Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha has said that 133 new Covid-19 cases have been reported at the Jaloni Tea Estate in Assam.

The tea garden has been declared a containment zone.

Assam currently has 31,262 active cases of Covid-19, while 1485 people have succumbed to the virus in the state.

The total number of recovered patients has reached 2,40,004 in the state.

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