8 more die of COVID-19 in Assam including 2 from Cachar; death toll rises to 197

August 17: Eight more positive patients have succumbed to COVID-19 infections in Assam on Monday, taking the state’s death toll to 197. Out of the eight deceased, 2 are from Cachar district. They are Jibon Roy (45) and Mozibur Islam Hazari (57). As per sources, Jibon Roy was an employee of Silchar Branch of State Bank of India (SBI). He originally hails from Bongaigaon and was transferred in Silchar. He is the 1st victim of COVID-19 among the serving staff of SBI, Silchar Circle. However, till the filing of this report, details of another deceased, Mozibur Islam Hazari was not found.

The six other deceased were identified as Priyabrata Acharjee (64) from Tinsukia; Upen Deka (60) from Darrang; Banwari Lal Todi (69) from Dibrugarh; Matiur Rahman (65) from Golaghat; Junah Chetry (24) from Udalguri and Suren Mahanta (78),Kamrup Rural. This was confirmed in a tweet by State Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma.