Assam records third COVID-19 death as 71-year-old dies in GMCH

Assam recorded third death as a 71-year-old COVID-19 patient passed away at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital today at 11:05 am owing to respiratory distress.

The deceased – Gopindra Chandra Malakar – had a travel history to Mumbai and was suffering from cancer.

Informing this on micro-blogging site - Twitter, the state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted:

With this, the COVID-19 has claimed three lives so far in the state while infected 102. Of the 102 cases, 57 cases are active and 41 have been cured/ discharged while two died.

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Meanwhile, two more positive COVID-19 cases – one each in Jorhat and Nagaon in Assam - have been tested positive for the virus today morning.  The patients are Azizul Haque Rahman, 20, of Sutorupohi in Nagaon and Sudip Buragohain, 20, of Madhupur, Titabar.

On May 17 night, three persons were tested positive for the COVID-19. Two of the patients came from Mumbai while one arrived from Bihar while in the morning one 9-year-old was tested positive for the virus in Jorhat. In the evening, one 28-year-old person, who had arrived from Chennai, tested positive for coronavirus in Cachar district. He has been sent to Silchar Medical College and Hospital.

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On May 16, four cases – two from Guwahati and one each from Sonitpur and Sivasagar district – were reported in the state.

Meanwhile, coronavirus has infected nearly 1 lakh people and claimed over 3000 lives across the country so far. With this India has surpassed China’s official figure of 82,933 confirmed coronavirus cases.

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