5,436 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Friday, 5,760 discharged & 80 deaths registered

May 28: On Friday, out of 1,22,977 tests, 5,436 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 3,98,010. The positivity rate in the state is 4.42 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 595 positive cases during the day. Further, on Friday, 80 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 3,168.

It needs mention here that on Tuesday, 5,704 persons tested positive in Assam and 83 deaths were registered.

On Friday, 5,760 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 3,40,178 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 85.47 percent. At present, there are 53,317 active cases in the state.

Summary of 28/5/2021

Today’s Total 5436

Overall Positivity Percentage (5436 cases out of 122977 test done = 4.42%)

Kamrup(M) 595

Death 80

Recovery Rate 85.47%

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 28, 2021

Further, during the day, 80 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 80 deceased, 09 are from Kamrup Metro; 07 from Cachar, 06 from Karimganj; 05 each from Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat & Tinsukia; 04 each from Darang, Lakhimpur & Sivasagar; 03 each from Barpeta, Goalpara, Hojai & Sonitpur; 02 each from Bongaigaon, Kamrup Rural, Karbi Anglong’ Morigaon, Nagaon & Nalbari; 01 each from Kokhrajhar & South Salmara. The death tally of the state now stands at 3,168.