Assams new Covid cases drop by 53 pc in a day
Guwahati Jan 26 PTI Assam on Wednesday reported an over 53 per cent fall in daily Covid-19 cases compared to the previous day as 1951 more people tested positive for the virus according to the official dataThe positivity rate however increased to 985 per cent with testing of only 19803 samples during the day from 961 per cent on Tuesday when 43587 samples were tested the National Health Mission NHM saidThe state on Tuesday recorded 4189 fresh infections a decrease of over 1700 cases compared to the previous days figure During the day 21 people died due to the disease including seven in Kamrup Metropolitan district which primarily comprises Guwahati city With this the total number of deaths of Covid-19 infected people has gone up to 7706 including 1347 with co-morbidities the NHM said It said 7365 patients recovered from the disease since Tuesday taking the total number of cured people to 661084 Kamrup Metropolitan reported 422 fresh cases against 998 infections on the previous day a dip of nearly 58 per cent It has recorded a total of 152296 infections so far Currently the state has 36063 active cases Out of the new cases the highest 422 patients were detected from Kamrup Metropolitan followed by 139 in Jorhat 91 in Lakhimpur and 87 in Dibrugarh With a total of 704853 Covid-19 cases in Assam the overall positivity rate stands at 255 per cent against the testing of 27674656 samples so far The NHM said 40978311 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered This includes 23107805 first doses 17742536 second doses and 127970 precaution doses It said 35070 people were vaccinated on Wednesday PTI TR NN NN
Guwahati Jan 26 PTI Assam on Wednesday reported an over 53 per cent fall in daily Covid-19 cases compared to the previous day as 1951 more people tested positive for the virus according to the official dataThe positivity rate however increased to 985 per cent with testing of only 19803 samples during the day from 961 per cent on Tuesday when 43587 samples were tested the National Health Mission NHM saidThe state on Tuesday recorded 4189 fresh infections a decrease of over 1700 cases compared to the previous days figure During the day 21 people died due to the disease including seven in Kamrup Metropolitan district which primarily comprises Guwahati city With this the total number of deaths of Covid-19 infected people has gone up to 7706 including 1347 with co-morbidities the NHM said It said 7365 patients recovered from the disease since Tuesday taking the total number of cured people to 661084 Kamrup Metropolitan reported 422 fresh cases against 998 infections on the previous day a dip of nearly 58 per cent It has recorded a total of 152296 infections so far Currently the state has 36063 active cases Out of the new cases the highest 422 patients were detected from Kamrup Metropolitan followed by 139 in Jorhat 91 in Lakhimpur and 87 in Dibrugarh With a total of 704853 Covid-19 cases in Assam the overall positivity rate stands at 255 per cent against the testing of 27674656 samples so far The NHM said 40978311 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered This includes 23107805 first doses 17742536 second doses and 127970 precaution doses It said 35070 people were vaccinated on Wednesday PTI TR NN NN
