Guwahati Oct 28 PTI Assam on Thursday again crossed 300 single-day infections with the state reporting 322 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 609828 National Health Mission bulletin said The state had reported 244 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday The new cases were reported out of 39629 tests on Monday the bulletin said Kamrup Metro reported the highest number of new cases at 241 After reporting over 300 fresh cases for five days in a row the state had reported 139 cases on Sunday However it went up to 326 on Monday and 347 on Tuesday While six people had died of the disease on Wednesday two persons succumbed to the infection during the day taking the death toll to 5989 The number of COVID-19 patients dying of other causes remained at 1347 The positivity rate rose to 081 per cent from 064 per cent on Wednesday the bulletin said There are 2403 active cases in Assam at present it said Till now 600089 people have recovered from the disease in the state including 408 in the last 24 hours Meanwhile the cumulative total beneficiaries vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines in the state so far is 27809461 including 7756949 who have received both doses PTI ESB MM MM

Guwahati Oct 25 PTI Assam on Monday again crossed 300 single-day infections with the state reporting 326 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 608915 according to the bulletin of the National Health Mission After maintaining a five-day streak of over 300 fresh cases daily Assam had reported 139 cases on Sunday The daily caseload had been below 300 since October 8 before breaching it on October 19 after a gap of 11 days The new cases were detected out of 50253 samples on Monday The positivity rate came down to 065 per cent from 071 per cent on Sunday the bulletin said Five more coronavirus deaths were registered during the day taking the COVID-19 death toll to 5978 The number of COVID-19 patients dying due to other reasons remained at 1347 Among the new cases detected on Monday 104 are from Kamrup Metro district 34 from Barpeta 21 from Sivasagar and 17 from Lakhimpur Two COVID-19 deaths were reported from Kamrup Metro and one each from Dibrugarh Lakhimpur and Nalbari Altogether 296 coronavirus patients recuperated from the infection in the last 24 hours taking the number of recovered patients so far to 599055 with a recovery rate of 9838 per cent The active cases in the state are 2535 the bulletin said Meanwhile the cumulative total beneficiaries vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines in the state so far is 27294413 which include 19931906 receiving the first dose and 7362507 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