A 65-year-old man, who was tested COVID-19 positive days after he returned from Saudi Arabia died on Friday at Silchar Medical College Hospital in South Assam.
This is the first COVID-19 related death in Assam.
The person, who had also taken part in the Nizamuddin congregation, tested positive on Tuesday (April 7).
Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that the person, a resident of Hailakandi district, succumbed to the COVID-19 related complications at around 2 am on Tuesday.
Sarma had earlier tweeted on Thursday that he was shifted to ICU as his oxygen saturation was decreasing.
He was among the 27 persons, who tested COVID-19 positive after returning from Nizamuddin congregation.
On Thursday, another person, who came in contact with a Nizamuddin returnee, tested positive in western Assam's Dhubri district, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 29 so far.
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