Guwahati: Assam reported three more COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 917, while 448 new positive cases pushed the tally to 2,05,237, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
He said that 1,487 cured patients were released during the day, increasing the total number recovered people to 1,92,514.
? 4⃣4⃣8⃣ Cases detected out of 26150 tests conducted today, with positivity rate of 1.71%
Kamrup Metro- 118
? 1⃣4⃣8⃣7⃣ patients discharged
↗️Total cases- 205237
▶️ Recovered- 93.80%
▶️ Active cases- 5.75%
▶️ Deaths- 0.44%8:40 PM/Oct 28 pic.twitter.com/J2lOB6vzjt
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 28, 2020
The recovery rate in Assam is now 93.80 per cent, the minister said. The number of active cases currently is 11,803, while three patients had migrated out of the state.
“Three more COVID patients have succumbed to their infections today…..We stand with all bereaved families in this hour of grief,” Sarma tweeted.
Two of these three deaths were reported from Golaghat and one from Kamrup Metropolitan district.
Three more #COVID patients have succumbed to their infections today- Late Anima Rani Deb (65) of Kamrup Metro; Late Probin Shyam (83) and Late Bijoy Paik (58) of Golaghat.
We stand with all bereaved families in this hour of grief.
Deepest condolences!
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 28, 2020
The 448 new cases included 118 from Kamrup Metropolitan.
The state tested 26,150 samples for COVID-19 during the day, taking the total number of such tests to 45,77,843, the minister said. PTI
