AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 3 (TIWN): Out of 72 Delhi's Nizamuddin returnees, 54 persons were tested negative whereas the second round of tests have also been done but the report will come to media by today.

On the other side total COVID-19 cases raised to 24 in Northeast India counting 20 cases from Assam, 1 from  Arunachal Pradesh, 2 from Manipur, 1 from Mizoram: 1. According to the latest update at least 2069 cases have been confirmed in India with COVID-Positive whereas numbers of  Deaths raised up at 53.
Across the world the numbers of deaths are 45,693.

Addressing media on Thursday, Tripura Health Secretary Debasish Basu said, today total 161 persons were tested (including Nizamuddin returners) and all are found negative. Total 54 Nizamuddin returnees were also tested who are in quarantine. However, they are 72 in total including relatives and area’s people but 54 persons till now got their results as "Negative". By tomorrow all the Nizamuddin returning people’s tests results will come out. 

“From yesterday the Nizamuddin issue created a tension and Govt identified 72 persons as COVID-19 suspected, sent in quarantine. In the first round of sample of 54 persons, all resulted negative and today also second round of tests were done and the reports will be given tomorrow", said Health Secretary Debasish Basu.