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Assam reports 2371 new COVID cases, 4 deaths in last 24 hours

Assam reports 2371 new COVID cases, 4 deaths in last 24 hours

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Assam reported 2371 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours pushing the state’s total to 45,275, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated.

A total of 41958 tests were conducted in last 24 hours. The positivity rate stood at 5.65 percent.

Of the 2371 confirmed cases, 414 were from Kamrup (M), 282 from Dibrugarh, 251 from Nagaon and 192 from Kamrup (R).

Of the 45275 confirmed cases, 11735 are still active and 33428 have recovered from the disease.

Meanwhile, the death toll has gone up to 109 with four new deaths. The deceased are Subrata Patra (45) of Kamrup (M); Haren Mahanta (65) of Sivasagar; Sukendra Kumar Tanti (53) of Tinsukia and Madan Dutta (80) of Dibrugarh.

Also read: Assam flood fury continues with 110 deaths, 17 districts still affected

Assam and Northeast

StatesActive casesCured/ DischargedDeath
Arunachal Pradesh69210633
Assam1173533428109
Manipur114717667
Meghalaya6332647
Mizoram2352660
Nagaland14676575
Sikkim3902971
Tripura1802367528
Data based on Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India COVID-19 cases so far

Coronavirus cases in India have now crossed the 18.55-lakh mark while death toll has neared the 39,000-mark. A total of 52000 positive cases and 803 deaths were ported in the last 24 hours. After Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, now Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and CPIM leader Mohammed Salim have also tested positive for coronavirus. As coronavirus cases rise, Bengal has again changed the dates of complete lockdown in August and is facing the public ire over the repeated changes. Across the world, coronavirus cases have gone past 1.8 crore and over 6.91 lakh people have died so far. A WHO team that was visiting China to investigate the origins of Covid-19, has concluded its mission and WHO is now preparing a larger team of experts to visit Wuhan. Meanwhile, US expert Dr Fauci has expressed confidence that Americans will get the coronavirus vaccine by 2021.

Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross 13 thousand deaths. It has recorded 147324 active corona cases, 287030 cured and 15842 deaths. The western state is followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Delhi has 10207 active corona cases, 124254 cured and 4021 deaths. Tamil Nadu has 56698 active cases, 4241 deaths. Gujarat with 14599 active COVID-19 cases, 47478 cured and 2508 deaths.

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Edited By: Admin
Published On: Aug 04, 2020