2684 persons tested +ve in Assam on Tuesday including 174 in Cachar

September 1: On Tuesday, another 2648 fresh cases of COVID-19 were registered in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now reached 1,11,725, out of which, 25,948 are active cases. During the day, Cachar district recorded 174 new cases of COVID-19. In a tweet, State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, “Alert ~ 2684 #COVID cases detected today out of 37066 tests done in last 24 hours Positivity Rate- 7.24% Kamrup M- 618; Cachar- 174; Dibrugarh- 157; Jorhat- 141.”

Further, nine more persons in the state succumbed to novel coronavirus during the day. With this, the death toll has now gone upto 315.

📌Alert ~ 2684 #COVID cases detected today out of 37066 tests done in last 24 hours

Positivity Rate- 7.24%

Kamrup M- 618; Cachar- 174; Dibrugarh- 157; Jorhat- 141

↗️Total cases 111724
↗️Recovered 85458
↗️Active cases 25948
↗️Deaths 315

10:20 PM, Sept 01 pic.twitter.com/D2YItj16EC

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 1, 2020