6,573 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Thursday, 3,071 discharged & 74 deaths registered

May 20: On Thursday, out of 1,02,684 tests, 6,573 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 3,53,574. The positivity rate in the state is 6.40 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 1,084 positive cases during the day. Further, on Thursday, 74 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 2,507.

It needs mention here that on Wednesday, 6,143 persons tested positive in Assam and 89 deaths were registered.

On Thursday, 3,071 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,97,902 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 84.25 percent. At present, there are 51,818 active cases in the state.

Summary of 20/5/2021

Today’s Total 6573

Overall Positivity Percentage (6573 cases out of 102684 test done = 6.40%)

Kamrup(M) 1084

Death 74

Recovery Rate 84.25%

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 20, 2021

Further, during the day, 74 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 74 deceased, 10 are from Kamrup Metro; 09 from Barpeta; 08 from Kamrup Rural; 07 each from Darrang & Goalpara; 05 from Nagaon; 04 from Tinsukia; 04 each from Darrang & Sivasagar; 02 each from Bongaigaon, Cachar, Golaghat, Lakhimpur & Sonitpur; 01 each from Baksha, Biswanath, Chirang, Hojai, Kokhrajhar, Morigaon, Nalbari & Udalguri. The death tally of the state now stands at 2,507.