Guwahati: Assam reported 12 more COVID-19 fatalities on Monday, pushing the death toll to 667, while 3,644 fresh cases raised the tally to 1,73,629, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Every loss is painful. From the core of my heart I offer my condolences to the bereaved families.
Om Shanti ? pic.twitter.com/CSt7RaxjmQ
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 28, 2020
The deaths were reported from Sivasagar, Golaghat, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Barpeta, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Kamrup Metropolitan districts, he said.
“Very sad & anguished to inform that 12 more COVID-19 positive patients have succumbed to the disease… Every loss is painful. From the core of my heart, I offer my condolences to the bereaved families,” Sarma said in a tweet.
The new cases include 563 infections from Kamrup Metropolitan district, 284 from Golaghat, 237 from Jorhat and 197 from Sonitpur, the minister said.
?Alert ~ 3644 #COVID cases detected today out of 120156 tests.
Positivity Rate ~ 3.03%
Kamrup M- 563; Golaghat- 284; Jorhat- 237; Sonitpur- 197
↗️Total cases 173629
↗️Recovered 139977
↗️Active cases 32982
↗️Deaths 6679:25 PM, Sept 28#AssamCares pic.twitter.com/7s1GtYDkiM
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 28, 2020
Assam now has 30,662 active cases, while 1,42,297 people have recovered from the disease, including 2,320 since Sunday.
? Discharge Alert
2⃣3⃣2⃣0⃣ patients discharged today.
May God bless all recovered patients and their families.
I request everyone to keep following #SocialDistancing norms.
?Total Discharged Patients: 142297
?Active Patients: 3066210:35 PM/Sept 28#AssamFightsCovid pic.twitter.com/OyjEW2Snx0
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 28, 2020
On the higher number of tests, Sarma said in a separate tweet: “I am in awe of my team for having relentlessly done an incredible job-be it of containment, communication or tracing & tracking. Today itself, they carried out 1,20,228 tests. Next 2 days also, we”ll conduct 1 lakh+ tests.” PTI
