50 tests +ve in Assam on Friday, 54 patients discharged

Jan. 8: On Friday, out of 18,522 tests, 50 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,16,531. The positivity rate in the state is 0.27 percent.

On Friday, 54 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,12,427 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 98.1%.

Further, during the day, none died died in Assam due to COVID-19. The death tally of the state now stands at 1059.