5,756 tests Covid-19 +ve in Assam on Saturday, 3053 patients discharged & 50 deaths registered

May 8: On Saturday, out of 65,140 tests, 5,756 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Assam. This is the highest single day spike in the number of Covid cases in Assam in 2021. With this, the state tally of coronavirus has now gone upto 2,89,069. The positivity rate in the state is 8.84 percent. Kamrup (Metro) district registered 1,543 positive cases during the day. Further, on Saturday, 50 more persons lost their lives in the state due to COVID-19. With this, the death toll in the state reached 1,628.

It needs mention here that on Friday, 5,626 persons tested positive in Assam and 47 deaths were registered.

On Saturday, 3,053 patients were discharged in Assam. With this, a total of 2,49,295 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 86.24 percent.

Summary of 08/5/2021

Today’s Total 5756

Overall Positivity Percentage (5756 cases out of 65140 test done = 8.84%)

Kamrup(M) 1543

death 50

Recovery rate is 86.24%

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 8, 2021

Further, during the day, 50 patients died in Assam due to COVID-19. Out of the 50 deceased, 16 are from Kamrup Metro; 6 from Kamrup Rural, 4 each from Dibrugarh & Nalbari; 2 each from Cachar, Barpeta, Dhubri Nagaon & Sonitpur; 1 each from Baksha, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Kokhrajhar, Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Tinsukia & Udalguri. The death tally of the state now stands at 1,628.