Eleven more positive patients have succumbed to COVID19 infection in Assam on Wednesday, taking the stateโ€™s death toll to 597.

Confirming the news, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in his latest tweet on the stateโ€™s COVID19 status on Wednesday said:  โ€œVery sad and anguished to inform that 11 more COVID positive patients have succumbed to the disease.โ€

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The COVID19 victims have been identified as Bhuban Ch Chetia (70) of Sivasagar; Binod Buragohain (53) of Tinsukia; Ratnakar Baruch (75) of Nalbari; San Dodiya (84) of Kamrup Metro; Malin Das (51) of Kamrup Rural and Bana Hazarika (92) or Jorhat.

The other victims have been identified as Joya Dasgupta (75) of Cachar; Rukmini Barik (70) of Lakhimpur; Biswajyoti Handique (48) of Lakhimpur; Binoy Basumatary (57) of Chirang and Netai P Chakraborty (70) of Kamrup Metro.

โ€œMy condolences to all the families. We stand by you in this hour of grief,โ€ health minister Sarma said.

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Assam so far has registered 1,61,393 COVID19 positive cases.

A total of 1,30,947 patients have recovered from the disease in the state till date.

With the demise of 11 more patients, Assam currently has 29,846 active COVID19 patients.