16 fresh COVID-19 cases from BSF camp in Tripura

Sixteen people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Tripura on Sunday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 152, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said. All the fresh cases were reported from the 86th battalion headquarters of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Ambassa in Dhalai district.

Agartala: Tripura has reported 16 new coronavirus cases in the Border Security Force (BSF) camp, taking the state's COVID-19 tally to 152, said Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday.

The fresh 16 cases were found in the BSF's 86th Battalion. Among those who tested positive, one is BSF official, six are females and nine are children.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb took to Twitter to announce the latest cases.

• ALERT !
  
  16 persons found #COVID19 POSITIVE in Tripura from 86th-Bn #BSF (Official:1, Female:6, Children: 9).
  
  We are conducting max number of tests. 75 Samples from 3rd-Bn BSF tested but all reports are NEGATIVE.
  
  ➤ Total active cases:148
  ➤ Transferred out:02
  ➤ Recovered:02

  — Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) May 10, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  ALERT !
  
  16 persons found #COVID19 POSITIVE in Tripura from 86th-Bn #BSF (Official:1, Female:6, Children: 9).
  
  We are conducting max number of tests. 75 Samples from 3rd-Bn BSF tested but all reports are NEGATIVE.
  
  ➤ Total active cases:148
  ➤ Transferred out:02
  ➤ Recovered:02

  — Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) May 10, 2020

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  ALERT !
  
  16 persons found #COVID19 POSITIVE in Tripura from 86th-Bn #BSF (Official:1, Female:6, Children: 9).
  
  We are conducting max number of tests. 75 Samples from 3rd-Bn BSF tested but all reports are NEGATIVE.
  
  ➤ Total active cases:148
  ➤ Transferred out:02
  ➤ Recovered:02

  — Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) May 10, 2020

  
  

He also announced that 75 Samples from BSF's 3rd Battalion were tested but all reports came negative.

"ALERT! 16 persons found #COVID19 POSITIVE in Tripura from 86th-Bn #BSF (Official:1, Female:6, Children: 9). We are conducting max number of tests. 75 Samples from 3rd-Bn BSF tested but all reports are NEGATIVE," he wrote.

(ANI Report)