AssamHealth Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the health departmenthas been testing 120 COVID-19 samples per 1 million population in the State.
"Againstper million population, Uttar Pradesh tested 106, Jharkhand 96, Bihar 77,Mizoram 76 and West Bengal tested 42 cases. So Assam is moderately placed,"said Minister Sarma.
He furtherinformed that a total of 4400 tests have been performed in Assam and out ofthem 34 have been confirmed positive, while 4199 reported negative. He alsoadded the results of 167 tests are awaited.
