Covid cases in Assam cross 1 Lakh mark with 2560 news cases today ; Kamrup (M) records 562

Guwahati (Assam), Aug 28 : 2560 new Covid cases were detected in the state of Friday taking the total number of cases in the state 101367 .

Among the new cases today , 562 were reported from Kamrup Metro, 167 from Jorhat , 165 from Cachar , 139 from Dibrugarh and 135 from Hailkhandi .

A totat of 8 Covid patients succumbed to their infections at various hospitals across the state today .

Confirming the development Health Ministe H B Sarma tweeted , “📌Alert ~ 2560 #COVID cases detected today out of 40102 tests done in last 24 hours

Positivity Rate- 6.38%

Kamrup M- 562, Jorhat-167, Cachar- 165, Dibrugarh- 139, Hailakandi- 135

↗️Total cases 101367
↗️Recovered 79307
↗️Active cases 21771
↗️Deaths 286”