Guwahati ( Assam) , Sept 23 : 11 critically -ill Covid patients succumbed to their infections on Wednesday taking the official death toll to 597 .
A total of 2098 fresh Covid cases were detected in the state on Wednesday taking the state tally to 1, 63, 3491 .
Aomg the new cases , 505 were reported from Kamrup Metro, 172 from Jorhat , 160 from Dibrugarh and 152 from Lakhimpur .
A total of 1762 patients were discharged today after recovery .
Confirming the figures , Health Minister tweeted “📌Alert ~ 2098 #COVID cases detected today out of 29896 tests.
Positivity Rate- 7.02%
Kamrup M- 505; Jorhat- 172; Dibrugarh- 160; Lakhimpur- 152
↗️Total cases 163491
↗️Recovered 130947
↗️Active cases 31944
↗️Deaths 597”