242 tests +ve in Assam on Tuesday; 357 patients discharged

Nov. 17: On Tuesday, out of 24,637 tests only 242 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,10,696 out of which, 3,329 are active cases. The positivity rate in the state is 0.98 percent.

On Tuesday, 357 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,06,398 patients got cured and were subsequently discharged from various hospitals and Covid Care centres across the state. This was confirmed in a tweet by State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Further, during the day, 02 more patient died in Assam due to COVID-19. The death tally in the state now stands at 966.

#AssamCovidUpdate

🙁 2⃣4⃣2⃣ Cases detected out of 24637 tests conducted today, with positivity rate of 0.98%

Kamrup Metro- 66

🙂 3⃣5⃣7⃣ patients discharged

↗️Total cases- 210696

▶️ Recovered- 97.96%
▶️ Active cases- 1.58%
▶️ Deaths- 0.45%

8:45 PM/Nov 17 pic.twitter.com/KnSrKX5A4n

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 17, 2020