Guwahati: Sixteen more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Assam on Monday taking the death toll to 578, while 2,640 new positive cases pushed the tally to 1,59,320, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
My condolences to the bereaved families.
Om Shanti ? pic.twitter.com/6cR4IvGbgt
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 21, 2020
Sarma also said that 1,795 patients recovered from coronavirus during the day, taking the total number of people who have been cured of the disease to 1,29,130. “As a result of selfless efforts of our doctors and health officials, our recovery rate is 81.05 per cent,” the minister tweeted.
? Discharge Alert
1⃣7⃣9⃣5⃣ patients discharged today
As a result of selfless efforts of our doctors & health officials, our recovery rate is 81.05% now
Gratitude ?
?Total Discharged Patients: 129130
?Active Patients: 296099:15 PM/Sept 21#AssamFightsCovid pic.twitter.com/QQa3512OJs
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 21, 2020
Of the fresh fatalities, three were reported from Kamrup Metropolitan district, two each from Charaideo, Dibrugarh, Dhubri and Jorhat and one each from Dhemaji, Goalpara, Golaghat, Sivasagar and Hojai, the minister said. The 2,640 new positive cases included 574 from Kamrup Metropolitan, 240 from Jorhat, 206 from Lakhimpur and 198 from Golaghat. The new cases were detected out of 35,603 samples tested during the day.
?Alert ~ 2640 #COVID cases detected today out of 35603 tests.
Positivity Rate- 7.42%
Kamrup M- 574; Jorhat- 240; Lakhimpur- 206; Golaghat- 198
↗️Total cases 159320
↗️Recovered 127335
↗️Active cases 31404
↗️Deaths 5789:30 PM, Sept 21 pic.twitter.com/Y7a0c89Oyw
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 21, 2020
The number of tests conducted in the state so far is 29,61,965, he said. The state now has 29,609 active cases while three have migrated out of the state. PTI
