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Assam: 2,595 fresh COVID-19 cases, 8 deaths

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GUWAHATI: Assam’ COVID-19 tally soared to 1,55,453 with 2,595 new cases on Saturday.

The fresh cases include 553 from Kamrup Metropolitan, 205 from Jorhat, 199 from Lakhimpur and 173 from Golaghat, stated health minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet.

Eight more COVID-19 patients succumbed to the virus in Assam on Saturday, pushing the death toll to 548.

The deaths were reported from Majuli, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Kamrup Rural, Chirang and Goalpara districts, Sarma said.

Assam has conducted 28,71,017 tests so far and 35,175 since Friday.

The recovery rate is 80.90 per cent with 1,23,684 patients having been cured.
The state now has 31,218 active cases.

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