Manipur’s second COVID-19 patient who is undergoing treatment at RIMS tested negative for COVID-19 in the third test for coronavirus on Saturday.
As per reports the director of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Prof Ahanthem Santa Singh said that the 65-year-old patient, who is undergoing treatment at RIMS tested negative for COVID-19 in the third test. In the earlier two tests he had tested positive.
The second COVID-19 patient was admitted in RIMS Hospital on March 31.
The COVID-19 Common Control Room (CCCR) of Manipur government in a press release said the patient will be discharged if the next test result is negative.
Manipur CM N. Biren Singh took to Twitter to inform the good news.
Good news : the second #COVID19 patient who is undergoing treatment at RIMS, Imphal has reported negative of Novel Corona Virus disease.
Now Manipur has zero positive case of COVID-19 as on date as the two cases of Manipur have been reported negative. pic.twitter.com/JrOZgvzS3w— N.Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) April 19, 2020
So far Manipur has two COVID-19 cases and the first patient has been discharged from the hospital as she had recovered from coronavirus.