Guwahati, Jul 24 (PTI) Six more persons died due to COVID-19 in Assam, pushing the toll to 76, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.

All the deceased are aged between 54 and 85 years, he said.

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Three of them are from Guwahati, two from Karimganj and one from Nalbari district, Sarma said.

With this, the total number of persons losing their lives due to COVID-19 in the state has gone up to 76.

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However, six more COVID-19 patients, including a police woman, have died but the government's Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally as they had other ailments too.

Assam has recorded a total of 28,791 cases of COVID-19, of which 12,671 have been reported from the Guwahati city alone.

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