1560 patients discharged in Assam on Tuesday

August 18: On Tuesday, 1560 patients were discharged from various hospitals and Covid Care Centres in Silchar. With this, 58,294 were discharged from the state till now. In a tweet, State Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, “1560 patients discharged today May God bless all recovered patients & their families with good health & long life. Best wishes.”

Further, during the day, 2534 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus cases in the state has gone upto 82,201, out of which, 25,261 are active cases. In a tweet, State Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, “Alert ~ 2534 #COVID cases detected today out of 44416 tests done in last 24 hours Positivity Rate- 5.7% Kamrup (M)- 498, Dibrugarh- 267, Cachar- 244, Kamrup (R)- 145.”

📌 Discharge Alert

1⃣5⃣6⃣0⃣ patients discharged today

May God bless all recovered patients & their families with good health & long life. Best wishes 💐

😊Total Discharged Patients: 58294
😑Active Patients: 23701

10:30 PM/Aug 18#AssamCovidCount #AssamFightsCovid pic.twitter.com/XMySPpy0Tu

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 18, 2020