Assam on Saturday reported 971 new cases of coronavirus out of 27,491 tests conducted in 24 hours.

The active caseload of the state has reduced to 30,672 after 1451 patients got discharged today. The positivity rate currently stands at 3.53 %.

Out of the new cases detected, Kamrup Metro alone reported 229.

The total number cases of the state so far has touched 1,93,387.