Guwahati(Assam), Aug 5 : A total of 2284 new Covid Covid cases were detected in the state in the past 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 50,445.
Among the new 2284 cases , 362 were reported from Kamrup Metro, 177 from Dibrugarh , 157 from Nagaon and 123 from Kamrup Rural .
6 more Covid deaths were reported in the state on Wednesday taking the the total number of deaths in the state due to Covid to 121 .
The patients who succumbed to their infections due Covid are Ramesh Chandra Medhi (81) of Kamrup (M), Ram Kumar Mahato (58) & Tarini Charan Kalita (60) of Dibrugarh, Badal Debnath (56) of Tinsukia, Kanu Paul (56) of Cachar and Lalbhanu Khatoon (35) of Darrang.
A total of 1471 patients were discharged from various hospitals today after recovery .
The Health Minister , Himanta Biswa Sama tweeted , “📌Alert ~ 2284 COVID cases detected out of 59162 tests in last 24 hrs. Glad that our positivity rate is just 3.86%! Kamrup (M)- 362, Dibrugarh- 177, Nagaon- 157, Kamrup (R)- 123.”
↗️Total cases 50445
↗️Recovered 34421
↗️Active cases 15900
↗️Deaths 121