July 18, 2020: Two more patients have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Assam on Saturday taking total number of deaths to 53 in the state.

The deceased have been identified as Sri Binandi Ram Kalita (61) from Kamrup Metro and Sri Sushil Shymal (62) from Jorhat.

Taking to Twitter Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed, “Sad News - Two #COVID19 patients ~ Sri Binandi Ram Kalita (61, Kamrup Metro) & Sri Sushil Shymal (62, Jorhat) lost their lives today.

I send my prayers & condolences to these two families.”

The state has registered 21864 positive cases on Friday out of which 7705 are active cases whereas 14105 patients have recovered and three migrated.