A total of 1,426 Assam Police personnel have been infected by COVID19 so far.
This has been confirmed by the additional director general of police (law and order), Assam, GP Singh in a tweet on the latest COVID19 update of Assam Police personnel infected by the virus.
The top Assam Police officer informed that a total of 1,048 personnel have recovered from the disease.
However, four of the infected Assam Police personnel have lost their battle against the COVID19 pandemic, Singh informed.
“July 30th 2020 – Assam Police 1426 personnel have tested positive till date out of whom 1048 have recovered. Unfortunately, we’ve lost four colleagues till date,” ADGP (L&O) Singh tweeted.
July 30th 2020 – @assampolice 1426 personnel have tested positive till date out of whom 1048 have recovered. Unfortunately, we’ve lost four colleagues till date. @DGPAssamPolice @nhm_assam @CMOfficeAssam
— GP Singh (@gpsinghips) July 30, 2020
On Thursday, Assam registered 2,112 new COVID19 positive cases, taking the state’s total tally to 38,407.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,248 patients, who were earlier infected by the virus, have been discharged from various hospitals across the state on Thursday.
With the release of 1,248 patients, the total number of patients, who have been discharged from the hospitals in Assam, increased to 29,080 on Thursday.
Assam currently has 9,230 active COVID19 patients while 3 cases have migrated from the state.
On Thursday, two more positive patients died of infection, taking the state’s COVID19 death toll to 96.
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the COVID19 victims have been identified as 57-year-old Aolepshi Jamir from Kamrup Metro district and 45-year-old Swapan Saha from Darrang district.