2,493 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Friday, 2,481 discharged & 24 deaths registered

July 9: On Friday, out of 1,17,087 tests, 2,493 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 5,29,693. The positivity rate in the state is 2.13 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 247 positive cases during the day. Further, on Friday, 24 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 4,788. The recovery rate is 94.75 percent.

It needs mention here that on Thursday, 2,644 persons tested positive in Assam and 21 deaths were registered.

On Friday, 2,481 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 5,01,869 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 94.75 percent.  At present, there are 21,689 active cases in the state.

Summary of 09/7/2021

Today’s Total 2493

Overall Positivity Percentage
(2493 cases out of 1,17,087 test done = 2.13%)

Kamrup(M) 247

Death 24

Recovery Rate 94.75%

— Keshab Mahanta (@keshab_mahanta) July 9, 2021

Further, during the day, 24 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 24 deceased, 03 each in Dibrugarh & Kamrup Metro; 02 each in Goalpara, Sonitpur, Karbi Anglong & Tinsukia; 01 each in Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Dima Hasao, Hojai, Kokhrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar. The death tally of the state now stands at 4,788.