India News | Six More Fatalities Push Assam's COVID-19 Death Toll to 121

Guwahati, Aug 5 (PTI) Assam's COVID-19 death toll rose to 121 on Wednesday with six more fatalities, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The total number of positive cases stood at 48,161.

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The deceased include an 81-year old man from Kamrup Metropolitan district, two persons from Dibrugarh and one each from Tinsukia, Cachar and Darrang, Sarma said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, Assam Police said one of its personnel also died due to COVID-19 on Wednesday. However, his name did not feature in the list provided by the minister.

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Bhuban Likson of Tinsukia police "made the supreme sacrifice in the fight against #COVID-19. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family", it said in a tweet.

Assam now has 13,622 active cases, while 34,421 people have recovered from the disease so far.

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