698 tests +ve in Assam on Monday; 1530 patients discharged

Oct. 19: On Monday, out of 34,956 tests only 698 were detected as COVID-19 positive. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,01,407, out of which, 27,319 are active cases. The positivity rate in the state is 2 percent.

On Monday, 1530 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 1,73,210 patients got cured and were subsequently discharged from various hospitals and Covid Care centres across the state. This was confirmed in a tweet by State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Further, during the day, 07 more persons in the state died due to COVID-19, thereby taking the death tally of the state to 875.

#AssamCovidUpdate

🙁 6⃣9⃣8⃣ Cases detected out of 34956 tests conducted, with a positivity rate of 2 %

Kamrup M- 223

🙂 1⃣5⃣3⃣0⃣ patients discharged.

↗️Total cases- 201407

▶️ Recovered- 85.99%
▶️ Active cases- 13.56%
▶️ Deaths- 0.43%

8:15 PM/ Oct 19#StayHomeStaySafe pic.twitter.com/WyXwUefLvj

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 19, 2020