Seven more positive patients have succumbed to COVID19 infections in Assam on Saturday, taking the stateโ€™s death toll to 182.

Sharing the news, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in his latest tweet on the stateโ€™s COVID19 status on Saturday said the victims are from Bongaigaon, Darrang, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dibrugarh and Nagaon districts.

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The COVID19 victims have been identified as Sarita Devi Jain (50) of Bongaigaon; Abdul Wadud (58) of Darrang; Himangshu Ranjan Das (55) of Karimganj; Foyaz Ahmed Laskar (66) of Hailakandi; Nirmal Tamvli (72) & Mridul Khanikar (54) of Dibrugarh and Bharati Hazarika (65) of Nagaon.

Assam so far has registered a total of 74,501 COVID19 positive cases.

With the demise of the 7 positive patients, Assam currently has 22,623 active cases while 3 positive cases have migrated from the state.

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A total of 51,693 patients, who were earlier infected by COVID19, have been discharged from various hospitals or Covid Care Centres across Assam, after their recovery.

India recorded 65,502 cases in a single day on Saturday. Maharashtra tally has surged to 5,72,734, Tamil Nadu 326,245, Andhra 264,142.

India has recorded 65,002 COVID19 positive cases in the past 24 hours, taking the countryโ€™s total to 2,530,490.

With over 1,000 fatalities reported on Friday, Indiaโ€™s death toll has mounted to 49,134.