Assam: Two more tests positive for coronavirus, total climbs to 104

Two more persons have been tested positive for coronavirus today taking the total to 104 in Assam. The fresh cases have been reported from the Golaghat district.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted:

Earlier the day, two another cases were reported one each from Nagaon and Jorhat district. The patients are Azizul Haque Rahman, 20, of Sutorupohi in Nagaon  and Sudip Buragohain, 20, of Madhupur, Titabar.

Also read: COVID-19: Two more tests positive in Assam, tally reaches 102

Of the 104 cases, 58 cases are active and 41 have been cured/ discharged while three died.

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.

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

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

Meanwhile, 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.

Also read: Corona Positives In India Near 1 Lakh, Death Toll Crosses 3000

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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