Guwahati Apr 24 PTI The BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party bagged one ward each so far in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation as counting of votes for polls to the civic body commenced on SundayThe elections were held in 57 wards of the GMC on Friday while in three wards BJP candidates were declared elected unopposed earlierAs per information provided by the Kamrup Metropolitan district administration the BJP has won in Ward Number 41 while AAP clinched Ward Number 42The BJP was leading in three more wards till 11 am Assam State Election Commission ASEC data showedAltogether 5280 per cent voter turnout was registered with EVMs used for voting in all polling stations for the first time in GMC electionsAs many as 197 candidates are in fray The BJP had fielded nominees in 53 seats out of which three were elected uncontestedThe saffron partys ally in the ruling coalition at Dispur the Asom Gana Parishad is contesting in seven wardsThe Congress has candidates in 54 wards AAP in 38 Assam Jatiya Parishad in 25 and CPIM in fourNineteen others including Independents are also in contention PTI SSG RBT RBT

Guwahati Apr 24 PTI The BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party bagged one ward each so far in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation as counting of votes for polls to the civic body commenced on SundayThe elections were held in 57 wards of the GMC on Friday while in three wards BJP candidates were declared elected unopposed earlierAs per information provided by the Kamrup Metropolitan district administration the BJP has won in Ward Number 41 while AAP clinched Ward Number 42The BJP was leading in three more wards till 11 am Assam State Election Commission ASEC data showedAltogether 5280 per cent voter turnout was registered with EVMs used for voting in all polling stations for the first time in GMC electionsAs many as 197 candidates are in fray The BJP had fielded nominees in 53 seats out of which three were elected uncontestedThe saffron partys ally in the ruling coalition at Dispur the Asom Gana Parishad is contesting in seven wardsThe Congress has candidates in 54 wards AAP in 38 Assam Jatiya Parishad in 25 and CPIM in fourNineteen others including Independents are also in contention PTI SSG RBT RBT

Guwahati Feb 27 PTI Assam logged 11 new COVID-19 cases and zero death on Sunday a National Health Mission NHM bulletin said The 11 new cases pushed the COVID-19 caseload 724110 The new cases were detected from 1788 sample tests conducted during the day The positivity rate at 062 per cent Kamrup Metropolitan district which primarily comprises Guwahati city logged eight fresh infections against four the previous day With no death reported during the day the death toll in the state remained at 6638 with the death rate at 092 per cent The number of COVID-19 positive patients dying due to other reasons also stood at 1347 The number of COVID patients discharged from different hospitals during the day was 22 taking the total number of recoveries to 715903 with the recovery rate at 9887 per cent Assam currently has 222 active COVID-19 cases The state had reported 11 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday The NHM further said a total of 43256388 doses of vaccines have been administered This comprises 23384523 first doses 19614850 second doses and 257015 precaution doses PTI SSG RG RG

Guwahati Feb 25 PTI Assam on Friday registered a dip in new COVID-19 cases as 18 more people tested positive for the infection 14 less than the previous day pushing the tally to 724088 the National Health Mission NHM said The COVID-19 death toll rose to 6638 as one more person succumbed to the disease it said adding that 1347 Covid positive patients have died for other reasons Kamrup Metropolitan district which primarily comprises Guwahati city reported 12 fresh cases against 14 infections on the previous day It has recorded a total of 156982 infections so far The NHM said that the number of recoveries increased by over 28 per cent to 73 persons on Friday from 57 people on Thursday Assam currently has 263 active COVID-19 cases while 715840 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from the disease The overall positivity rate stands at 256 per cent against total testing of 28298472 samples so far The NHM further said a total of 43216884 doses of vaccines have been administered This includes 23379404 first doses 19582595 second doses and 254885 precaution doses PTI TR RG RG

Guwahati Feb 18 PTI Assam reported less than 50 fresh COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day with 46 people testing positive for the infection on Friday taking the overall caseload to 723907 a National Health Mission NHM bulletin said With three patients succumbing to the disease during the day the number of lives claimed by the virus also declined by one compared to the previous day The new cases were detected from 6009 sample tests conducted during the day with the days positivity rate at 077 per cent Assam had registered 47 COVID-19 cases on Thursday Kokrajhar district reported the highest number of new cases on Friday with 11 people testing positive for the infection followed by Kamrup Metropolitan with nine Jorhat with three and Biswanath with two One death each was reported from Cachar Jorhat and Kamrup Metropolitan during the day taking the death toll to 6626 The number of COVID-19 positive patients dying due to other reasons remained at 1347 Altogether 209 patients recovered from the disease during the day taking the total number of recoveries to 714968 The number of active cases in the state has also decreased to 966 on Friday compared to 1132 the previous day The NHM bulletin also said 42897137 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state so far which comprises 23342145 first doses 19319354 second doses and 235638 precaution doses PTI SSG MM MM

Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 9 (ANI): Assam on Sunday reported 988 new COVID-19 cases, 448 recoveries and one death, as per state's health department.

Guwahati Dec 24 PTI Assams COVID-19 tally rose to 620025 as 93 more people tested positive for the infection on Friday while two new fatalities pushed the death toll to 6155 the National Health Mission NHM bulletin said The two COVID-19 deaths were reported from Kamrup Metropolitan district The 93 cases were detected out of 38572 samples tested with a test positivity rate of 033 per cent the bulletin said Kamrup Metropolitan district reported the highest of 47 new cases followed by Dibrugarh 8 Cachar 6 and Barpeta 4 Currently the state has 859 active COVID-19 cases A total of 26460017 samples have been tested so far for COVID-19 and the overall positivity rate is 234 per cent During the day the state reported 134 people recovering from the disease taking the total number of recoveries to 611664 the bulletin said Assam had reported 113 COVID-19 cases and one fatality on Thursday The bulletin further said that a total of 36854020 doses of vaccines have been administered This includes 21695403 first doses and 15158617 second doses PTI TR RG RG

Guwahati Dec 22 PTI Assam reported 119 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday five more than the previous day taking the overall caseload to 619819 in the state a National Health Mission NHM bulletin said The toll rose to 6152 following the death of two COVID-19 patients in Bongaigaon and Dhemaji districts One person had succumbed to the infection on Tuesday The death rate remained at 099 per cent while the number of COVID-19 patients dying due to other causes stood at 1347 The 119 new cases were detected from 30585 tests and the days positivity rate was 039 per cent the bulletin said The cumulative number of tests done for COVID-19 has reached 26393334 in the state Among the fresh infections reported on Wednesday 65 were from Kamrup Metropolitan and ten from Dibrugarh The number of recoveries during the day was 130 three less than the previous day The total number of cured COVID-19 patients is 611398 with the recovery rate at 9864 per cent the NHM bulletin said Currently there are 922 active COVID-19 cases in the state Meanwhile the cumulative beneficiaries administered the COVID-19 vaccines in Assam thus far increased to 36559900 with 21680323 receiving the first dose and 14879577 administered the second dose PTI SSG MM MM

Kamrup Metropolitan (Assam) [India], December 13 (ANI): An ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 will be provided to the next of kin of victims of COVID-19, the Guwahati district administration announced on Monday.

Dispur (Assam) [India], November 24 (ANI): A total of 207 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths were recorded in Assam on Tuesday, informed the state's health department.