4,936 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Thursday, 2976 discharged & 46 deaths registered

May 6: On Thursday, out of 61,377 tests, 4,936 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,77,687. The positivity rate in the state is 8.04 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 1,353 positive cases during the day. Further, on Thursday, 46 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 1,531.

It needs mention here that on Wednesday, 4,826 persons tested positive in Assam and 55 deaths were registered.

On Wednesday, 2,976 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,42,980 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 87.50 percent.

Summary of 06/5/2021

Today’s Total 4936

Overall Positivity Percentage (4936 cases out of 61377 test done = 8.04%)

Kamrup(M) 1353

Death 46
Recovery Rate 87.50

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 6, 2021

Further, during the day, 46 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 46 deceased, 13 are from Kamrup Metro; 4 each from Dibrugarh & Kamrup Rural; 3 each from Golaghat, Nalbari & Tinsukia, 2 each from Barpeta & Sonitpur; 1 each from Cachar, Karimganj, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dima Hasao, Hojai, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Nagaon & Sivasagar. The death tally of the state now stands at 1,531.