Thirty-four persons had tested positive for COVID-19in the state since March 31 and one person, hailing fromHailakandi, had died.
Four persons, including a woman, were discharged fromMahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) and another fromGuwahati Medical College Hospital here after their foursuccessive tests were negative, the minister tweeted.
All five patients will now proceed for 14-day homequarantine, he said.
"Glad that the number of 17 cured patients in thestate now exceeds the 16 active cases", he added.
The patient released from GMCH is the sole non-Tablighi Jamaat positive patient and is a resident of a high-end apartment in the city with a travel history to Delhi andAgra.
The total cured patients in Assam was now 17 with sixreleased from MMCH, four from Golaghat Civil Hospital, threefrom Goalpara Civil Hospital, two from Sonapur DistrictHospital, and one each from GMCH and Silchar Medical CollegeHospital.
Thirty-three of the 34 positive patients wereconnected to the Tablighi Jamaat event at Nizamuddin in Delhi.Four of them hail from Uttar Pradesh and had arrived in Assamto visit mosques after attending the Jamaat event.
Currently, 16 positive persons from the state areunder treatment while another person hailing from Nagalandtested positive at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital wherehe is undergoing treatment.
Some more patients are likely to be released on Mondayand the day after, he said.
Sarma said that so far 4,400 samples have been tested,34 of these tested positive and 4,199 are negative while 167results are awaited.
The patients are being released after following allthe ICMR COVID-19 protocols which include that they must testnegative in the two repeat tests conducted after 14 days oftreatment, must clear the mandatory chest X-ray and doctorscertificate that they have no symptoms of cough and cold,Sarma said.
Golaghat with nine positive cases, Morigaon with sixand Dhubri, Goalpara and Nalbari with four each have beenidentified as Red Zones or hotspot districts of Assam. DGRG RG