Guwahati: Assam’s declining COVID-19 numbers continued for the third consecutive day with the state reporting two deaths and 215 positive cases on Monday, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The tally now stands at 2,04,386, while the death toll is at 908.
? 2⃣1⃣5⃣ Cases detected out of 14225 tests conducted today, with positivity rate of 1.51%.
Kamrup Metro- 46
? 2⃣8⃣3⃣2⃣ patients discharged
↗️Total cases- 204386
▶️ Recovered- 92.26%
▶️ Active cases- 7.29%
▶️ Deaths- 0.44%8:40 PM/Oct 26 pic.twitter.com/0Al4LQME1a
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 26, 2020
“Deeply saddened to share the demise of two COVID-19 patients today…. we stand with the bereaved families in this hour of grief,” Sarma tweeted.
The new cases were detected out of 14,225 tests conducted on Monday and the positivity rate is 1.51 per cent, he said.
“Last few days we have seen the declining trend of COVID-19. Testing remains as the most critical weapon in our fight against the pandemic. Meanwhile, we have completed 45 lakh tests,” the minister said.
Deeply saddened to share the demise of two #COVID19 patients today- Late Romoni Sharma (54) and Late Mrinal Kanti Sinha (57) of Kamrup Metro.
We stand with the bereaved families in this hour of grief.
My condolences. Om Shanti.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 26, 2020
Meanwhile, 2,832 people were discharged during the day from different hospitals and covid care centres.
The recovery rate has gone up to 92.26 per cent with 1,88,584 recovered patients discharged so far, Sarma said.
Assam has 14,891 active coronavirus cases at present. PTI
