Assam recorded 8 new Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours

The Assam COVID-19 death toll rose to 260 in Assam after 8 people succumbed to the novel coronavirus on 25th August, the Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed.

The deceased are Late Usha Das (70), Late Aparna Roy (48), Late Nayana Das (21) of Kamrup M; Late Labanya Bhuyan (65) of Nalbari; Late Masfil Hussain (55) of Baksa; Late Ajay Kr Gupta (40) of K A'long; Late Jhantu Deb (46) of G'ghat, Late Bishnu Biswas (55) of Majuli.

The health minister tweeted, “Demise of 8 Covid patients-Late Usha Das (70), Late Aparna Roy (48), Late Nayana Das (21) of Kamrup M; Late Labanya Bhuyan (65) of Nalbari; Late Masfil Hussain (55) of Baksa; Late Ajay Kr Gupta (40) of K A'long; Late Jhantu Deb (46) of G'ghat, Late Bishnu Biswas (55) of Majuli”

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Assam successfully completed 20 lakh tests over the past five months, taking Assam’s per million tests to 58,356 on Tuesday, 25th August.
Informing about this proud moment the health minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “ASSAM COMPLETES 20 LAKH #COVID TESTS!

The first test lab of Assam was set up on February 7 and it took 114 days to complete the first one lakh tests. The state has achieved the remarkable feat of conducting 20 lakh tests with 17 laboratories today.

Assam reported 1,879 new coronavirus cases on Monday 24th August 2020, the state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed. Since the first coronavirus case was detected, Assam has registered 92,619 cases.

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