4,826 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Wednesday, 2916 discharged & 55 deaths registered

May 5: On Wednesday, out of 52,074 tests, 4,826 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,72,751. The positivity rate in the state is 9.27 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 1,383 positive cases during the day. Further, on Wednesday, 55 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19, the highest single day death toll in Assam in 2021. With this, the death toll in the state reached 1,485.

It needs mention here that on Tuesday, 2,916 persons tested positive in Assam and 41 deaths were registered.

On Tuesday, 2,916 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,40,004 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 87.99 percent.

Summary of 05/5/2021

Today’s Total 4826

Overall Positivity Percentage (4826 cases out of 52074 test done = 9.27%)

Kamrup(M) 1383
Death 55
Recovery Rate 87.99

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

Further, during the day, 55 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19, the highest single day spike in the state this year. Out of the 55 deceased, 18 are from Kamrup Metro; 6 from Barpeta; 3 each from Goalpara, Nagaon & Sonitpur; 2 each from Bongaigaon, Cachar, Dhemaji, Kamrup Rural, Kokhrajhar, Sivasagar; 1 each from Charaideo, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Hojai, Jorhat, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Nalbari and Tinsukia. The death tally of the state now stands at 1,485.