16 tests +ve in Assam on Saturday, 18 patients discharged

Feb. 20: On Saturday, out of 14,239 tests, 16 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,17,383. The positivity rate in the state is 0.11 percent. At present, there are 269 active cases in the state.

On Saturday, 18 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,14,676 patients got cured and were subsequently discharged from various hospitals and Covid Care centres across the state. This was confirmed in a tweet by NHM, Assam. The recovery rate in the state is 98.75%.

Further, during the day, none died in Assam due to COVID-19. The death tally of the state now stands at 1091.