NE UpdatesBarak UpdatesHappeningsBreaking News

Scary! 6,394 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Monday, 4,737 discharged & 92 deaths registered

There are 44,942 active cases in Assam

May 17: On Monday, out of 91,481 tests, 6,394 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 3,35,023. The positivity rate in the state is 6.99 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 1,100 positive cases during the day. Further, on Monday, 92 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. This is the highest single day death toll recorded in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic. With this, the death toll in the state reached 2,271.

It needs mention here that on Sunday, 3,650 persons tested positive in Assam and 56 deaths were registered.

On Monday, 4,737 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,86,463 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 85.50 percent. At present, there are 44,942 active cases in the state.

Further, during the day,92 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 92 deceased, 26 are from Kamrup Metro; 11 from Kamrup Rural; 7 from Sonitpur; 6 from Darrang; 5 each from Cachar, Dibrugarh & Tinsukia; 3 each from Barpeta, Nalbari, Nagaon & Sivasagar; 2 each from Golaghat, Charaideo, Hojai, & Jorhat; 1 each from Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Karbi Anglong & Morigaon. The death tally of the state now stands at 2,271.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

error: Content is protected !!
Close
Close

Adblock Detected

Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker