Assam's recovery rate with respect to COVID-19 patients has improved. In a positive development, 1072 patients were discharged across Assam today.

This was informed by State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He tweeted, "1072 patients discharged today. With sincere efforts of doctors & teams, our recovery rate has bounced back from a low of about 20% to 71%+ today."

The tally of total discharged patients now stands at 17095 and that of active patients stands at 6843.