IMPHAL: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said the state no longer has any COVID 19- positive case, as the second patient, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here, tested negative for the disease.

The 65-year-old patient was found to have contracted the disease following his return from the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizamudddin.

"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 (sic)," the CM tweeted.

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

An official at the state health department said the man is "is likely to be discharged soon, if he tests negative for the disease the second time."

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The first case in the state was that of a 23-year-old woman who had returned from the UK.