Nearly 30,000 people in six districts and one state sub-division have been affected by the current wave of flood and the flood waters submerged 1263.07 hectares of cropland.
A child has died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) while several others have been infected with the virus in Lakhimpur district.
253 villages remain submerged in floodwaters and 1,526.08 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across the state, the ASDMA said.
One more person died due to flooding in Rongjuli of Goalpara district, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).
The affected districts were Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari and Tamulpur.
Union Home Minister said that the Modi government stands firm as it has always been with the people of Assam in these difficult times.
The water level of the Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger mark at Tezpur and Nematighat in Jorhat.
The incident took place near the residence of Assam Cabinet minister Jayanta Malla Baruah.
The water levels of the Brahmaputra River is currently flowing above the danger level.
Lakhimpur is the worst-hit with over 22,000 people impacted, followed by Dibrugarh (3,900) and Kokrajhar (more than 2,700), it said.
