With the demise of 5 more positive patients due to COVID19 infections in Assam, the state’s death toll increased to 145 on Sunday.

Sharing the news, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet on Sunday said the COVID19 victims are from Kamrup Rural, Morigaon, Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts.

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“Five more #COVID patients have succumbed to their infections today,” Sarma tweeted.

Sarma said the COVID19 victims have been identified as 66-year-old Rafiq Ali and 90-year-old Mahendra Deka from Kamrup Rural district; 60-year-old Ramapati Devi from Morigaon district; 32-year-old Gobinda Das from Tinsukia district and 47-year-old Rijumoni Gohain from Dibrugarh district.

The health minister has expressed condolences at the demise of the positive patients and prayed for the departed souls.

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Assam so far has registered 57,714 COVID19 positive cases.

A total of 40,591 patients, who were earlier infected by the virus, have been discharged from various hospitals or Covid Care Centres after they tested negative.

With the death of 5 more positive patients, the active cases in Assam stand at 16,975 while 3 positive cases migrated from the state.