AGARTALA, May 16 (TIWN): The new COVID-19 patients who were detected today morning after their samples tested positive, were brought to the Bhagat Singh Youth Hostel under heavy securities and facilities via ambulances. Today morning, Chief Minister Biplab Deb had announced 11 new cases in state, although 2 are from other states, taken to Guwahati. According to Tripura's health officials, of the 159 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel of two battalions (86th and 138th) and family members who tested positive so far, 40 including two kids have recovered and been discharged from the hospital. After two days break, 11 people, including seven BSF jawans, were tested COVID-19 positive in Tripura on Saturday taking the state''s total positive cases to 167. In the presence of media, total 8 patients were seen to brought among 11 whereas 11 are already transferred to other states. Also, a three-member central team, which arrived in Tripura on Thursday to study the coronavirus infection among the BSF troopers and their kin, is now on a visit to the two BSF battalion (86th and 138th) headquarters in Ambassa, 82 km north of Agartala, and different parts of Dhalai district.

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The central team, led by G.K. Medhi, Professor and Head of the Department of Community Medicine of the Shillong-based North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), is studying the source and other aspects of the coronavirus infection among troopers, officials and their family members.

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The National Centre for Disease Control and the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) officials from Delhi are guiding the central team.