Assam reported 6 more deaths due to Covid19 infection and 139 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.
Informing about the state’s Covid19 update on Sunday, Assam health minister Keshab Mahanta in a tweet said the overall positivity percentage of the state stood at 0.71%.
The new cases (139) were detected out of 19,713 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, according to the data shared by health minister Keshab Mahanta.
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Of the new positive cases, the Kamrup Metro district registered 43 cases.
While 6 Covid19 patients lost their lives due to infection, the state’s recovery rate stood at 98.38% on Sunday.
“Summary of 24/10/2021 – Today’s Total 139; Overall Positivity Percentage (139 cases out of 19,713 test done = 0.71%); Kamrup(M) 43; Death 6; Recovery Rate 98.38%,” health minister Mahanta tweeted.
Summary of 24/10/2021
Today’s Total 139
Overall Positivity Percentage (139 cases out of 19,713 test done = 0.71%)
Kamrup(M) 43
Death 6
Recovery Rate 98.38%
— Keshab Mahanta (@keshab_mahanta) October 24, 2021
On Saturday Assam reported 3 deaths due to Covid19 infection while the state reported 2 deaths on Friday.
On Saturday, Assam registered a total of 324 new Covid19 positive cases and on Friday, the state reported a total of 315 positive cases.
The overall positivity percentage of Assam stood at 0.81%. on Saturday.
The 324 new cases on Saturday were detected out of 39,768 tests.
On Saturday, the Kamrup Metro district reported a total of 88 new Covid19 cases.
The state’s Covid19 recovery rate stood at 98.37% on Saturday.
Assam’s overall positivity percentage was 0.81% on Friday.
On Friday, 315 new cases were detected out of 38,899 tests.
The Kamrup Metro district reported 115 new cases on Friday.