<p>A 65-year-old man, who was tested <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> positive days after he returned from Saudi Arabia died on Friday at Silchar Medical College Hospital in South Assam.</p>.<p>This is the first COVID-19 related death in Assam. </p>.<p>The person, who had also taken part in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/nizamuddin" target="_blank">Nizamuddin </a>congregation, tested positive on Tuesday (April 7).</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-in-focus-as-indias-tally-goes-past-5800-global-toll-crosses-85000-817763.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>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. </p>.<p>Sarma had earlier tweeted on Thursday that he was shifted to ICU as his oxygen saturation was decreasing. </p>.<p>He was among the 27 persons, who tested COVID-19 positive after returning from Nizamuddin congregation. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-10-823512.html" target="_blank"><strong>Track sate-wise confirmed coronavirus cases here</strong></a></p>.<p>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. </p>
<p>A 65-year-old man, who was tested <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> positive days after he returned from Saudi Arabia died on Friday at Silchar Medical College Hospital in South Assam.</p>.<p>This is the first COVID-19 related death in Assam. </p>.<p>The person, who had also taken part in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/nizamuddin" target="_blank">Nizamuddin </a>congregation, tested positive on Tuesday (April 7).</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-in-focus-as-indias-tally-goes-past-5800-global-toll-crosses-85000-817763.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>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. </p>.<p>Sarma had earlier tweeted on Thursday that he was shifted to ICU as his oxygen saturation was decreasing. </p>.<p>He was among the 27 persons, who tested COVID-19 positive after returning from Nizamuddin congregation. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-10-823512.html" target="_blank"><strong>Track sate-wise confirmed coronavirus cases here</strong></a></p>.<p>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. </p>
