Assam COVID-19 cases soar to 4309 as state detects 151 more

Assam detected 151 new confirmed COVID-19 cases taking the state’s total to 4309 on June 15^th, 2020. With these, a total of 191 confirmed cases were reported on Monday.

Informing this, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted:

Of the 4309 confirmed cases, 2093 are active cases and 2205 have been cured and discharged while eight died due to the infection.

Assam has crossed the 1000-mark in 60 days. It reported the first case on March 31st, 2020.

Also read: Assam: 40 new cases, tally reaches 4158

Breaking down the numbers: Assam

Assam and Northeast India       

Assam has highest number of COVID-10 cases in the Northeast India.

Also read: Also read: Assam: Dibrugarh reports first COVID-19 death

India COVID-19 cases so far

India has crossed 2 lakh-mark in terms of corona positives on June 3rd. As on June 16^th, the country currently has 343K confirmed COVID-19 cases, 153178 active cases with 180013 cured and discharged. The total number of deaths is 9900.

Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross 3 thousand deaths. It has recorded 110744 corona cases with 56049 cured, 4128 deaths, and 50567 active cases. The western state is followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Delhi has corona 42829 cases with 16427 cured, 1400 deaths, and 25002 active cases. Tamil Nadu has 46504 positive cases with 25344 cured, 479 deaths 20681 active cases. Gujarat with 24055 COVID-19 cases, so far, has 16664 have been cured, 1505 deaths, and 5886 active cases.

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