Assam Reports 375 New COVID Cases, 4 More Fatalities

Assam on Saturday reported 375 new COVID-19 cases, 31 less than the previous day, with the caseload increasing to 6,00,423, a National Health Mission bulletin said. The death toll rose to 5,838 after four more people succumbed to the infection during the day, it said. One fatality each was reported from Barpeta, Hojai, Morigaon and Nagaon. The northeastern state had on Friday recorded seven COVID deaths. At least 1,347 more coronavirus-positive patients have so far died due to other ailments, and the government’s Death Audit Board has not included them in the list of COVID fatalities.