2,640 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Saturday, 3499 discharged & 33 deaths registered

June 26: On Saturday, out of 1,27,887 tests, 2,640 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 4,99,121. The positivity rate in the state is 2.06 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 172 positive cases during the day. Further, on Saturday, 33 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 4,403. The recovery rate is 93.33 percent.

It needs mention here that on Friday, 2,793 persons tested positive in Assam and 26 deaths were registered.

On Saturday, 3,499 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 4,65,806 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 93,33 percent.  At present, there are 27,565 active cases in the state.

Summary of 26/6/2021

Today’s Total 2640

Overall Positivity Percentage (2640 cases out of 1,27,887 test done = 2.06%)

Kamrup(M) 172

Death 33

Recovery Rate 93.33%

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 26, 2021

Further, during the day, 33 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 33 deceased, 08 are from Dibrugarh; 06 from Nagaon; 03 each from Sonitpur & Tinsukia; 02 each from Barpeta & Kamrup Metro; 01 each from Baksa, Biswanath, Darrang, Hojai, Golaghat, Karimganj, Kokhrajhar, Nalbari & Sivasagar. The death tally of the state now stands at 4,403.