May 9, 2020: The number of COVID-19 cases in Assam has risen to 62 as three persons including an ambulance driver from Mumbai tested positive in Jorhat on Saturday. The driver has been sent back to Mumbai.

State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, "Alert ~ 3 people, incl an Ambulance Driver from Mumbai who drove the 2, test #COVID19 in Jorhat. Driver sent back to Mumbai. 2 are at JMCH since their arrival in Jorhat. North east arrow #COVID19 patients in Assam 62.  North east arrow Active cases 27 and discharged 34".

Positive cases for COVID-19 have reported so far from Golaghat, Nalbari, Morigaon, Goalpara, Dhubri, South Salmara, Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Cachar, Hailakandi, Bongaigaon, Jorhat districts.