Senior Assam journalist Sivasaran Kalita succumbs to COVID-19

GUWAHATI: Senior journalist and also a noted litterateur of Assam Sivasaran Kalita died of COVID-19 today.

The senior journalist breathed his last at a private hospital in Guwahati at 7 am.

Sivasaran Kalita passed away at the age of 81.

Sivasaran Kalita was undergoing treatment at Gate Hospital Guwahati and.

Assam in the past 24 hours reported 75 deaths related to COVID-19 infection taking the death toll to 1984.

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On the other hand, 5468 fresh COVID-19 positive cases pushed the tally to 3,15,554, while the active caseload in the state rose to 42,144.

A total of 4,219 patients recovered from the disease during the period, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,70,079.

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