GUWAHATI: Seven more persons die of COVID-9 pandemic in Assam on Monday taking the death toll up to 86
Sharing this information, Assam Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted: “Seven people, Tulsi Prasad Deuri (59) from Jorhat, Joy Singh Bey (59) from East K Anglong, Mevina Begum (26) from Kamrup (M), Dr GMS Chowdhury (72) from Dibrugarh, Ajoy Mahato (35), Puspa Roy (75) & Dinesh Chandra Das (50) from Tinsukia succumbed to #COVID.”
Meanwhile, 1348 new COVID-19 cases including 155 in Guwahati were detected in Assam out of 21742 tests done in last 24 hours. The positivity rate is as low as 6.19%.
As many as 1362 patients have been discharged on Monday. “Happy to see rising numbers of discharged cases. Salute to the medical team,” tweeted Dr Sarma.