Assam registers 17 more deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, toll rises to 697

Sept. 30: On Wednesday, 17 more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported from Assam. With this, the death toll in the state due to novel coronavirus has now reached 697. In a tweet, State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, “Very sad and anguished to inform that 17 more COVID positive patients have succumbed to the disease. My condolences to all the families. We stand by you in this hour of grief.” The 17 deceased were identified as:

• Sanjoy Sur (25) of Cachar
• Bani Paul Chowdhary (80) of Karimganj
• Dilwar Hussain Hazarika & Hem Ch Baruah (54) (62) of Lakhimpur
• Dr Anil Tamuli (67), Rukunuddin Ahmed (52), Narayan Pegu (52) & Subudh Chowdhary (72) of Dibrugarh
•  of Lakhimpur
• Jeherul Islam (15) of Darrang
• Satyadev Sharma (78) of Morigaon
• Premlal Konwar (55) of Nagaon
• Tulu Chetia (80) of Jorhat
• Chenimai Das (85) of Sonitpur
• Robin Borah (54) of Nagaon
• Abhijit Biswas (33) of Kokrajhar
• Janti Deka (62) of Nalbari
• Hussain Ali (65) of Kamrup Rural