Guwahati: Assam recorded six COVID-19 fatalities on Tuesday, taking the death toll related to the highly contagious virus to 46.
According to the Death Audit Board, the underlying cause of the deaths was COVID-19, therefore these will be counted as a part of COVID-19 deaths.
Announcing the news of the demise, state health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “We lost Ms Sneha Mall (36), Sri Litu Kumar Bora (37), Sri Sarat Ch Saharia (60), Sri Upendra Nath (62), Sri Pramod Ranjan Saha (73) & Sri Subhakaran Dudheria (73) today. They succumbed to #COVID19 as per Death Audit Board report.
My prayers, and condolences to the families.”
We lost Ms Sneha Mall (36), Sri Litu Kumar Bora (37), Sri Sarat Ch Saharia (60), Sri Upendra Nath (62), Sri Pramod Ranjan Saha (73) & Sri Subhakaran Dudheria (73) today. They succumbed to #COVID19 as per Death Audit Board report.
My prayers, and condolences to the families.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 14, 2020
Also, 757 COVID-19 patients have been discharged today. With this, Assam’s total count stands at 17,807 with 12,173 discharged, 5,585 active, 46 deaths and 3 migrated to other states.
Discharge Alert
7⃣5⃣7⃣ patients discharged today in Assam.
May God bless you all with good health & long life. Take care of yourself!
Total Discharged Patients – 12173
Active Patients – 55859:45 PM/July 14/Day’s total 757#AssamCovidCount pic.twitter.com/smmqbgPBbt
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 14, 2020
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