Guwahati: Assam on Saturday reported 56 new cases of Covid-19, taking the active caseload of 757. The positivity rate stood at 0.39 percent.
According to the data published by the state National Health Mission, 158 cured cases of the virus were discharged, and no deaths were registered.
The overall Covid-19 tally of Assam now stood at 6,20, 081 cases, with the total recoveries touching 6,11,822. The recovery rate stood at 98.67 percent.
The new cases today were detected out of 14,251 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, and the highest cases were reported from Kamrup Metro (28), Sivasagar (5), Kokrajhar (4), and Hailakandi (3).
Meanwhile, the total deaths went up to 6,155 in the state with the case fatality rate at 0.99 percent.
