Of the 62 new COVID-19 positive cases detected after the nationwide lockdown on August 11, 48 are employees of Project DANTAK and Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT). The highest one-day jump of positive cases was recorded yesterday when 27 new cases were detected from the Project DANTAK cluster in Phuentsholing.

Health Minister Dechen Wangmo on Friday (August 28) shared that 16 DANTAK and five IMTRAT employees (three on the same day from Haa) had contracted the diseases.

Following the detection of the first positive case (at the mini dry port) in Phuentsholing outside the quarantine facility on August 11, this was the first time the health ministry shared that the positive cases in the border town were not all Bhutanese.

Today, Phuentsholing has become the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country with 43 people testing positive in the DANTAK camp alone and one at the IMTRAT camp.

The border town was declared a red zone on August 15.

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