GUWAHATI: The dealth toll has been reached to 80 in the Golaghat and Jorhat districts after consuming spurious liquor. The Assam Health Department  confirms at least 200 persons are are still in a critical condition and have been admitted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.

According to news agenct PTI, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, the death toll in the hooch tragedy has been steadily climbing. Sarma told "This morning the death toll in Golaghat and Jorhat districts was 59 and 200 people have been admitted to hospitals. The death toll and the number of people admitted is changing minute by minute.’

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Authorities have confirmed that out of the 200 patients admitted, at least 36 are women. It is confirmed the death of 15 women.

Director of Medical Education Anup Barman will supervise the patients' treatment, Sarma said.
He said doctors from Assam Medical College Hospital in the neighbouring Dibrugarh district and Tezpur Medical College in Sonitpur district were rushed to Jorhat and Golaghat to assist in the treatment of the affected people. 

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The Assam hooch tragedy comes less than two weeks after more than 100 people died after drinking country-made spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Over 40 people were admitted to the hospital Friday after consuming spurious liquor.