169 tests +ve in Assam on Wednesday; 210 patients discharged

Nov. 18: On Wednesday, out of 23,484 tests only 169 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,10,865 out of which, 3,285 are active cases. The positivity rate in the state is 0.72 percent.

On Wednesday, 210 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,06,608 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, 03 more patient died in Assam due to COVID-19. The death tally in the state now stands at 969.

#AssamCovidUpdate

🙁 1⃣6⃣9⃣ Cases detected out of 23484 tests conducted today, with positivity rate of 0.72%

Kamrup Metro- 42

🙂 206608 patients discharged

↗️Total cases- 210865

▶️ Recovered- 97.98%
▶️ Active cases- 1.55%
▶️ Deaths- 0.46%

8 PM/Nov 18 pic.twitter.com/gpFc96HHL9

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 18, 2020