Assam registers 3,045 new COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths in past 24 hours

GUWAHATI: Assam's COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,255 as the state witnessed 22 new COVID-19 deaths over the past 24 hours.

On the other hand, 3,045 fresh COVID-19 positive cases took the tally to 2,46,847, taking the active caseload in the state to 21,848.

A total of 1,098 patients recovered from the disease during the period, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,22,397, with an recovery rate of 90.10 per cent.

Of the new fatalities, six were reported from Kamrup Metro, three each from Barpeta and Kamrup, two each from Jorhat and Sonitpur and one each from Cachar, Charaideo, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Lakhimpur and Tinsukia districts.

Kamrup (M) district recorded 1,206 new COVID-19 positive cases, while Dibrugarh reported 229, Kamrup 225 and Nagaon district 125 cases.

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As many as 55,480 tests were conducted yesterday with the positivity rate being 5.49 per cent.

The state has so far tested a total of 84,65,418 samples for COVID-19.

Assam has inoculated 22,38,254 people till date. Of them, 3,22,149 are health workers, 5,49,371  frontline workers and 13,66,743 above 45 years of age.

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