Guwahati, 9 July: Congress leader Sushmita Dev has tested positive for coronavirus infection but said she is asymptomatic as of now.

Sushmita Dev is currently the president of the Mahila Congress and is a party spokesperson. She was a former MP from Assam's Silchar constituency.

"My report as signed by the Department of Microbiology, Silchar Medical College, Cachar, Assam says I have tested positive for COVID 19. I am asymptomatic as of now. I thank everyone for their concern and calls," she said on Twitter.

She is the third senior Congress leader after Sanjay Jha and Abhishek Singhvi to have turned positive for the virus.