Assam’s COVID-19 scenario continues to be grim.
Assam on Thursday registered 10 new COVID-19 related deaths.
COVID-19 deaths were reported from as many as 7 districts in Assam on Thursday.
COVID-19 deaths were reported from the districts of: Kamrup-Metro – 3, Karbi Anglong – 2, Barpeta – 1, Dibrugarh – 1, Karimganj – 1, Sonitpur – 1 and Tinsukia – 1.
Assam’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 1160.
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Moreover, Assam further logged nearly 2000 COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday.
A total of 1931 new COVID-19 positive cases were detected in Assam on Thursday.
As many as 680 cases have been detected from in and around Guwahati city.
The other districts with COVID-19 caseloads are: Dibrugarh – 143, Kamrup-Rural – 136 and Nagaon – 103.
With the detection of these 1931 fresh COVID-19 cases in Assam, the State’s active cases tally has crossed the 10,000-mark.
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Assam, at present, has 10571 active COVID-19 cases.
Assam’s COVID-19 positivity rate was recorded at 2.63 percent on Thursday.
The 1931 cases recorded in Assam on Thursday were detected after conducting tests of 73428 samples.