The COVID19 death toll in Assam has increased to 15 on Tuesday as a positive patient from Koliabor in Nagaon district passed away due to infection.

The news has been confirmed by Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet on Tuesday evening.

The COVID19 positive patient has been identified as 40-year-old Dhadaram Mura from Koliabor in Nagaon district.

The health minister informed that the positive patient was admitted to a Covid ICU in Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) on July 1.

He succumbed to the infection at 9 am on Tuesday.

Sarma said the patient was on invasive ventilation and was suffering from severe pneumonia and septic shock.

The health minister has expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased..

“Very sad to inform that another #COVID19 + patient Sri Dhadaram Mura (40) of Koliabor, Nagaon admitted in GMCH Covid ICU on July 1, succumbed to the infection today at 9 am,” health minister Sarma tweeted.

“He was on invasive ventilation; had severe pneumonia and septic shock. My condolences to Mura family,” Sarma added.

Assam has so far registered a total of 12,522 COVID19 positive cases including 4,622 active cases.

A total of 7,882 COVID19 patients have been discharged from various civil, district and model hospitals across Assam till date.