GUWAHATI: The Assam health department has been intensifying COVID-19 tests across the state. The department has set a target of 1 lakh tests on August 12 to bolster its fight against the pandemic.
“Our target for August 12 is 1 lakh tests.It can become 1.10 lakh too,” said Pijush Hazarika, minister of state for health and family welfare department.
The department conducted 60,425 tests on Monday. Among them, 2900 cases were found to be positive.
While, 24,492 tests were carried out on Sunday, 54,845 COVID-19 tests were done on Saturday.
So far, Assam has registered 61,737 cases. With 43,586 recoveries, the active cases count stands at 17,997. On the other hand, 151 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the state.
