Assam virus toll reaches 41,727 with 1,457 new cases
Correspondent
GUWAHATI, August 02 2020 (HS): Assam recorded 1,457 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Of these 275 are from Kamrup, 136 from Dibrugarh and 116 from Sonitpur. The recovery rate in the state is 75.4%.
Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted Sunday, "Alert~ 1457 #COVID 19 cases detected out of 27,161 tests conducted in last 24 hours. Our positivity rate continues to be low at 5.36%. Kamrup (M): 275, Dibrugarh: 136, Sonitpur: 116. 1085 patients have been discharged today. Heartening to see the numbers of recovered patients is thrice to that of active patients. Kudos, team doctors!"
Total cases in the state soared to 41,727. Of these 10,180 cases are active, 101 died, 31,443 recovered and three migrated.