2,640 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Monday, 2,521 discharged & 31 deaths registered

July 5: On Monday, out of 1,16,542 tests, 2,640 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 5,19,834. The positivity rate in the state is 2.27 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 197 positive cases during the day. Further, on Monday, 31 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 4,683. The recovery rate is 94.56 percent.

It needs mention here that on Sunday, 1,213 persons tested positive in Assam and 20 deaths were registered.

On Monday, 2,521 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 4,91,561 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 94.56 percent.  At present, there are 22,243 active cases in the state.

Summary of 05/7/2021

Today’s Total 2640

Overall Positivity Percentage (2640 cases out of 1,16,542 test done = 2.27%)

Kamrup(M) 197

Death 31

Recovery Rate 94.56%

— Keshab Mahanta (@keshab_mahanta) July 5, 2021

Further, during the day, 31 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 31 deceased, 05 are from Dibrugarh; 04 from Golaghat; 03 each from Jorhat & Sonitpur; 02 each from Cachar, Dhubri, Hailakandi & Hojai; 01 each from Charaideo, Chirang, Karimganj, Kokhrajhar, Morigaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar & Tinsukia. The death tally of the state now stands at 4,683.