Assam: 431 New COVID-19 Cases, Positivity Rate At 1.28 %

Assam on Tuesday reported 431 new cases of Covid-19, taking the active caseload of 6,265. The positivity rate stood at 1.28 percent.

According to the data published by the state National Health Mission, 1,246 cured cases of the virus were discharged, and 8 deaths were registered.

The new cases today were detected out of 33,675 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, and the highest cases were reported from Kamrup Metro (106), Kamrup Rural (25), Dibrugarh (21), and Jorhat (21).

The 8 deaths recorded today were reported from Dibrugarh (2), Sonitpur (2), Cachar (1), Chirang (1), Goalpara (1), and Golaghat (1).

The overall Covid-19 tally of Assam now stood at 7,22, 368 cases, with the total recoveries touching 7,08,177. The recovery rate stood at 98.04 percent.

Meanwhile, the total deaths went up to 6,579 in the state with the case fatality rate at 0.91 percent.