Assam: Dibrugarh reports first COVID-19 death, state toll rises to 10
- Jun 14, 2020,
- Updated Jun 14, 2020, 12:48 AM IST
Dibrugarh in Upper Assam reported its first COVID-19 death on June 14th, 2020. With this, the state death toll has risen to 10 across the state.
The district detected four new COVID-19 cases in at Dinjan Army camp. One of them died on June 13th, 2020. He was admitted to hospital on June 11th due to hemorrhage in Brain. He was also suffering from Hypertension.
The lethal virus has infected a total of 101 people in the district so far. The new two cases are from Barbaruah quarantine centre and Kutuha quarantine centre.
The state has registered 3943 confirmed cases; of which 2127 are active and 1805 have been cured and discharged while nine died due to the infection so far.
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A total of 207 COVID-19 cases were detected on June 13th, 2020 in Assam. Informing this, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted:
Assam has crossed the 1000-mark in 60 days. It reported the first case on March 31st, 2020.
Breaking down the numbers: Assam
| DATE | CASES | INCREASE |
| (day on day) | ||
| 22-May | 49 | |
| 23-May | 67 | 18 |
| 24-May | 46 | -21 |
| 25-May | 147 | 101 |
| 26-May | 116 | -31 |
| 27-May | 92 | -24 |
| 28-May | 97 | 5 |
| 29-May | 174 | 77 |
| 30-May | 159 | -15 |
| 31-May | 190 | -31 |
| 1-Jun | 148 | -42 |
| 2-Jun | 76 | -72 |
| 3-Jun | 269 | 193 |
| 4-Jun | 200 | -69 |
| 5-Jun | 128 | -72 |
| 6-Jun | 230 | 102 |
| 7-Jun | 208 | -22 |
| 8-Jun | 154 | -52 |
| 9-Jun | 215 | 61 |
| 10-Jun | 235 | 20 |
| 11-Jun | 145 | -90 |
| 12-Jun | 263 | 118 |
| 13-Jun | 207 | -56 |
Assam and Northeast India
Assam has highest number of COVID-10 cases in the Northeast India
| States | Cases | Cured/ Discharged | Active cases | Death |
| Assam | 3943 | 1805 | 2127 | 9 |
| Manipur | 449 | 91 | 358 | 0 |
| Mizoram | 107 | 1 | 106 | 0 |
| Tripura | 1046 | 315 | 730 | 1 |
| Meghalaya | 44 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 87 | 4 | 83 | 0 |
| Sikkim | 63 | 4 | 59 | 0 |
| Nagaland | 168 | 76 | 92 | 0 |
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India COVID-19 cases so far
India has crossed 2 lakh-mark in terms of corona positives on June 3rd. As on June 14th, the country currently has 320K confirmed COVID-19 cases, 149348 active cases with 162379 cured and discharged. The total number of deaths is 9195.
Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross 3 thousand deaths. It has recorded 104568 corona cases with 49346 cured, 3830 deaths, and 51392 active cases. The western state is followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Delhi has corona 38958 cases with 14945 cured, 1271 deaths, and 22742 active cases. Tamil Nadu has 42687 positive cases with 23409 cured, 397 deaths 18881 active cases. Gujarat with 23038 COVID-19 cases, so far, has 15883 have been cured, 1448 deaths, and 5707 active cases.
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