Guwahati/Agartala, Apr 7 (TIWN): One more COVID-19 positive case was detected in Assam on Tuesday night, taking the state's active cases to 28 while the total number of positive cases in the northeastern region rose to 33, ministers and officials said.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a tweet on Tuesday night: "One more Covid-19 positive case from Hailakandi district (southern Assam) has been confirmed, taking the total number in Assam to 28. This patient has a travel history to Saudi Arabia".

Urging people not to panic, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said in a tweet on Monday night: "First Covid-19 positive case detected in Tripura. The patient is from Udaipur (southern Tripura). We are taking proper care of the patient."

The health officials in Agartala said that the 45-year-old infected woman returned to Tripura by train on March 18-19 after offering puja at Guwahati's Kamakhya temple.

"The woman tested positive for novel coronavirus on Monday at the government- run Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital," West Tripura District Magistrate and Collector Sandeep Mahatme N. said in a notification.