GUWAHATI: Assam reported two more deaths due to COVID-19 on Saturday, while 223 fresh infections pushed the tally to 2,11,427, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The death toll increased to 973 and the overall positivity rate stood at 4.12 per cent against total testing of 51,27,982 samples so far.
? 2⃣2⃣3⃣ Cases detected out of 19844 tests conducted today, with positivity rate of 1.12%
Kamrup Metro- 70
? 207219 patients discharged
↗️Total cases- 211427
▶️ Recovered- 98.01%
▶️ Active cases- 1.52%
▶️ Deaths- 0.46%9 PM/Nov 21 pic.twitter.com/0iM4PQ4Fj2
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 21, 2020
For the second consecutive day, the state reported lesser recoveries at 193 discharges than the number of new cases.
Assam now has 3,232 active cases, undergoing treatment at different hospitals and Covid Care Centres (CCCs), while some are in home isolation.
“Sad to share the demise of 2 #COVID patient today… Condolences to all bereaved families!” Sarma said on Twitter.
The deaths were reported from Jorhat and Chirang districts.
Sarma had earlier said on multiple occasions that several hundred more COVID-19 patients have died, but the government’s Death Audit Board has not included them in the list of fatalities caused by coronavirus as they had other ailments as well.
“223 cases detected out of 19,844 tests conducted today, with positivity rate of 1.12%,” he said.
In Assam, 2,07,219 COVID-19 patients have thus far recovered. (PTI)
