3,781 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Saturday, 3,099 discharged & 44 deaths registered

June 5: On Saturday, out of 1,15,968 tests, 3,781 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 4,32,714. The positivity rate in the state is 3.26 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 276 positive cases during the day. Further, on Saturday, 44 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 3,621. The recovery rate is 86.97 percent.

It needs mention here that on Friday, 4,548 persons tested positive in Assam and 54 deaths were registered.

On Saturday, 3,099 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 3,76,343 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 86.97 percent. At present, there are 51,403 active cases in the state.

Summary of 05/6/2021

Today’s Total 3781*

Overall Positivity Percentage (3781 cases out of 1,15,968 test done = 3.26%)

Kamrup(M) 276

Death 44

Recovery Rate 86.97%

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 5, 2021

Further, during the day, 44 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 44 deceased, 06 are from Nagaon; 05 from Kamrup Metro; 04 from Dibrugarh; 03 each from Karbi Anglong, Sonitpur & Sivasagar; 02 each from Cachar, Bongaigaon, Hojai, Jorhat & Tinsukia; 01 each from Baksa, Barpeta, Charaideo, Darrang, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Kamrup Rural, Karimganj, Lakhimpur & Udalguri. The death tally of the state now stands at 3,621.