Assam registers third COVID-19 death, cases jump to 104

With the new cases, the state tally has now surged to 104.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that a 71-year-old cancer patient, who returned from Mumbai and was also infected by COVID-19, died at Guwahati Medical College Hospital.

“It is third death case registered in the state due to COVID-19. On the other hand, two persons from Golaghat district have been tested positive for COVID-19,” he said.

Earlier, two positive cases for COVID-19 were detected in Jorhat and Nagaon district on Monday.

On Sunday, the state registered nine COVID-19 positive cases including a 9-year-old boy.

The state has so far reported 104 COVID-19 positive cases including 39 cases from Kamrup (Metro), 12 cases from Cachar district, 11 cases from Golaghat district, six cases each from Morigaon, Goalpara districts, five cases each from Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Jorhat districts, four cases from Nalbari district, two cases each from Karimganj and Kamrup districts and one each from South Salmara, Lakhimpur, Hailakandi, Sonitpur, Sivasagar, Kokrajhar and Nagaon district.

The Assam Health minister further said that the state Health Department has so far tested around 40,000 samples for COVID-19 across the state.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)