Assamese singer Vitali Das succumbs to COVID-19 in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: Assamese singer Vitali Das has breathed her last at the Kalapahar Covid-19 Hospital where she had been undergoing treatment.

Vitali Das, who tested positive for the virus on April 14, had been shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Covid-19 Hospital after her condition turned critical.

The artiste was later shifted to mechanical ventilation at the hospital after she developed difficulties in breathing.

According to reports, Vitali Das contracted the virus while performing during a Bihu function at Latasil playground in Guwahati.

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The veteran singer's death has been reported amid yet another spike in the COVID-19 virus cases in Assam, where the district administration has imposed a series of curbs to

Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) superintendent Abhijit Sarma today said that about 70 percent of the COVID-19 positive people in the second wave are asymptomatic.

1,651 fresh cases of the virus were detected yesterday alone, continuing the trend of surging cases in this second wave of the pandemic outbreak.

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