2,869 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Tuesday, 2,482 discharged & 37 deaths registered

June 22: On Tuesday, out of 1,52,720 tests, 2,869 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 4,88,179. The positivity rate in the state is 1.88 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 198 positive cases during the day. Further, on Tuesday, 37 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 4,280. The recovery rate is 92.37 percent.

It needs mention here that on Monday, 2,805 persons tested positive in Assam and 35 deaths were registered.

On Tuesday, 2,482 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 4,50,924 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 92.37 percent.  At present, there are 31,628 active cases in the state.

Summary of 22/6/2021

Today’s Total 2869

Overall Positivity Percentage (2869 cases out of 1,52,720 test done = 1.88%)

Kamrup(M) 198

Death 37

Recovery Rate 92.37%

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 22, 2021

Further, during the day, 37 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 37 deceased, 04 each are from Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup Metro & Sonitpur; 03 from Kamrup Rural; 02 each from Baksa, Dhubri, Hojai, Nagaon, Sivasagar & Tinsukia; 01 each from Barpeta, Charaideo, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Nalbari & Udalguri. The death tally of the state now stands at 4,280.