State Health Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma today denied a report that was published in a local daily newspaper saying that no COVID-19 patient has died at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) in Guwahati.

Taking to Twitter, HM Sarma said: "#FAKENEWS Alert! NO#Covid_19 PATIENT HAS DIED in Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), asreported in a local daily newspaper."

"I request that in these trying times when tensions arerunning high, media should refrain from reporting, without doubly verifyingfacts", Sarma added.