A junior engineer of Irrigation department in Assam’s Kokrajhar, Dilip Kr Ray (55) of Baldiabathan Shaktiashram under Dotma police station died in the wee hours at around 2 am on Tuesday at R N Brahma Civil Hospital, Kokrajhar due to COVID-19.
Sources from R N Brahma Civil Hospital said late Dilip Kr Ray was brought to the hospital at 11 pm on Monday after he complained of difficulty in breathing.
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Sources also said Ray had chronic diseases of asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure and was engaged in duty at quarantine centre.
He died at around 2 am on Tuesday morning and Rapid Antigen Test was done after death and he was found COVID-19 positive, the hospital sources said.
Soon after getting the report of COVID-19 positive, many official staff of the hospital reportedly disappeared one after another from the hospital fearing spread of the virus.
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Meanwhile, the Kokrajhar district has 51 active cases till Monday after 51 are discharged.