6,221 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Monday, 5,252 discharged & 84 deaths registered

May 24: On Monday, out of 1,20,668 tests, 6,221 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 3,75,404. The positivity rate in the state is 5.16 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 729 positive cases during the day. Further, on Monday, 84 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 2,823.

It needs mention here that on Sunday, 3,563 persons tested positive in Assam and 72 deaths were registered.

On Monday, 5,252 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 3,18,585 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 84.86 percent. At present, there are 52,649 active cases in the state.

Summary of 24/5/2021

Today’s Total 6221

Overall Positivity Percentage (6221 cases out of 120668 test done = 5.16%)

Kamrup(M) 729

Death 84

Recovery Rate 84.86%

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 24, 2021

Further, during the day, 84 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 84 deceased, 12 are from Kamrup Metro; 10 from Kamrup Rural; 09 from Tinsukia; 08 from Dibrugarh; 05 each from Cachar & Sonitpur; 04 each from Baksa, Goalpara & Nagaon; 03 from Barpeta; 02 each from Biswanath, Karimganj, Kokhrajhar, Udalguri & Sivasagar; 01 each from Bongaigaon, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dima Hasao, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Lakhimpur & Nalbari. The death tally of the state now stands at 2,823.