Biggest single-day spike of 2900 +ve cases in Assam on Monday, state tally 61,737

August 10: Assam registered it’s biggest single day spike of 2900 COVID-19 positive cases on Monday. With this, the state tally has gone upto 61,737, out of which, 19, 258 are active cases. Cachar district alone recorded 194 new positive cases on Monday. Further, the state witnessed 6 more COVID-19 deaths, thereby taking the death tally to 151. In a tweet, State Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, “Alert ~ 2900 COVID cases detected out of 60425 tests in last 24 hrs Positivity rate- 4.79% Kamrup (M)- 382, Kamrup (R)- 294, Dibrugarh- 250, Nagaon – 200.”

📌Alert ~ 2900 COVID cases detected out of 6⃣0⃣4⃣2⃣5⃣ tests in last 24 hrs

Positivity rate- 4.79%

Kamrup (M)- 382, Kamrup (R)- 294, Dibrugarh- 250, Nagaon – 200

↗️Total cases 61737
↗️Recovered 42325
↗️Active cases 19258
↗️Deaths 151

10:20 PM, Aug 10 pic.twitter.com/SwBYYuZxdI

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 10, 2020