Guwahati: Five COVID-19 patients died in Assam on Thursday, bringing the death toll due to the disease to 27, while 568 fresh cases pushed the tally to
Guwahati: Five COVID-19 patients died in Assam on Thursday, bringing the death toll due to the disease to 27, while 568 fresh cases pushed the tally to 14,600 in the state, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Two patients, including a senior government official, succumbed to the disease in the morning, while three others, one of them a 38-year old woman, died later in the day.
The minister said 568 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the state and 355 out of them are from Guwahati.
“568 new #COVID19 patients recorded in Assam today, with 355 patients from Guwahati City alone. I advise Guwahati people not to panic and take proper care”, Sarma tweeted.
A 72-year old male patient, suffering from lymphoma, died at Dibrugarh’s Assam Medical College Hospital while a 68-year old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a 38-year old diabetic woman died at the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) here, the minister said.
A 70-year old person from Guwahati and a 56-year senior government official from Karbi Anglong, both on invasive ventilation, died at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital’s ICU due to their critical infections in the morning, Sarma said.
The deceased government official was an Additional Director in the Agriculture department of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and was posted at Diphu.
