Assam reports 140 new COVID-19 cases six deaths
Guwahati Nov 29 PTI Assam reported six deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday while 140 more persons tested positive for the infection pushing the tally to 616708 the National Health Mission NHM said One person had succumbed to the disease and 133 fresh infections were registered on Sunday With two fatalities in Nalbari and one each in Golaghat Jorhat Nagaon and Sivasagar districts the death toll rose to 6098 persons NHM said 1347 more COVID-19 patients have died till now but the governments Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally of deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus as they had other ailments too With the detection of 140 patients against the testing of 35539 samples on Monday Assam has reported a positivity rate of 039 per cent for the day the NHM bulletin said The state had tested 20870 samples for COVID-19 on Sunday Currently the state has a total of 1248 active cases Of the new cases the highest 54 were detected in Kamrup Metropolitan followed by 16 in Jorhat and eight each in Barpeta and Kamrup With 616708 total COVID-19 positive cases in Assam the overall positivity rate stands at 240 per cent against total testing of 25709342 samples so far During the day the state reported more recoveries than the number of new infections at 230 the NHM said In Assam 608015 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 The NHM further said a total of 32951330 doses of vaccines have been administered PTI TR MM MM
Guwahati Nov 29 PTI Assam reported six deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday while 140 more persons tested positive for the infection pushing the tally to 616708 the National Health Mission NHM said One person had succumbed to the disease and 133 fresh infections were registered on Sunday With two fatalities in Nalbari and one each in Golaghat Jorhat Nagaon and Sivasagar districts the death toll rose to 6098 persons NHM said 1347 more COVID-19 patients have died till now but the governments Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally of deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus as they had other ailments too With the detection of 140 patients against the testing of 35539 samples on Monday Assam has reported a positivity rate of 039 per cent for the day the NHM bulletin said The state had tested 20870 samples for COVID-19 on Sunday Currently the state has a total of 1248 active cases Of the new cases the highest 54 were detected in Kamrup Metropolitan followed by 16 in Jorhat and eight each in Barpeta and Kamrup With 616708 total COVID-19 positive cases in Assam the overall positivity rate stands at 240 per cent against total testing of 25709342 samples so far During the day the state reported more recoveries than the number of new infections at 230 the NHM said In Assam 608015 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 The NHM further said a total of 32951330 doses of vaccines have been administered PTI TR MM MM
