Assam records 298 new COVID-19 cases 7 deaths
Guwahati Oct 18 PTI With 298 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Assam on Monday the states overall infection tally has increased to 606766 a health bulletin said The death toll due to the disease rose to 5957 with seven more fatalities being recorded in the last 24 hours The north-eastern state had registered 205 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Sunday The 298 new cases were detected out of 41043 tests conducted during the day with the daily positivity rate at 073 per cent against 106 per cent on Sunday Cumulative tests have surpassed two crores with the state having conducted 24202721 clinical examinations thus far for detecting COVID-19 Active cases in Assam increased by 25 in 24 hours The number of coronavirus active cases in the state currently is 2114 the bulletin said Three persons died of the infection in Jorhat and one each in Golaghat Kamrup Metro Lakhimpur and Sonitpur districts in the last 24 hours The current death rate is 098 per cent and the number of COVID-19 patients dying due to other causes remains at 1347 The new cases detected during the day include 103 from Kamrup Metro district 34 from Jorhat 17 from Kamrup Rural and 14 from Lakhimpur The number of people who have recovered from the disease is 597348 including 266 in the last 24 hours Over 197 crore vaccine doses were administered in the state so far The bulletin said 6660199 people have received both doses PTI ESB MM MM
Guwahati Oct 18 PTI With 298 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Assam on Monday the states overall infection tally has increased to 606766 a health bulletin said The death toll due to the disease rose to 5957 with seven more fatalities being recorded in the last 24 hours The north-eastern state had registered 205 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Sunday The 298 new cases were detected out of 41043 tests conducted during the day with the daily positivity rate at 073 per cent against 106 per cent on Sunday Cumulative tests have surpassed two crores with the state having conducted 24202721 clinical examinations thus far for detecting COVID-19 Active cases in Assam increased by 25 in 24 hours The number of coronavirus active cases in the state currently is 2114 the bulletin said Three persons died of the infection in Jorhat and one each in Golaghat Kamrup Metro Lakhimpur and Sonitpur districts in the last 24 hours The current death rate is 098 per cent and the number of COVID-19 patients dying due to other causes remains at 1347 The new cases detected during the day include 103 from Kamrup Metro district 34 from Jorhat 17 from Kamrup Rural and 14 from Lakhimpur The number of people who have recovered from the disease is 597348 including 266 in the last 24 hours Over 197 crore vaccine doses were administered in the state so far The bulletin said 6660199 people have received both doses PTI ESB MM MM
