Assam: 3266 COVID-19 cases detected in last 24 hours, 10 succumbed to death
- Sep 01, 2020,
- Updated Sep 01, 2020, 12:48 AM IST
Assam reported 3266 COVID-19 cases on Monday, 31st August taking the state’s total tally to 109040. The state tested 44948 samples in last 24hours.
The maximum cases were registered in Kamrup M- 700; Golaghat- 233; Cachar- 189; Jorhat- 189. The positivity rate raised to 7.26%
Informing this, the Health Minister tweeted, “Alert ~ 3266 #COVID">
Total cases 109040
Recovered 83927
Active cases 24804
Deaths 306 10:25 PM, Aug 31
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Meanwhile, the state witnessed 1531 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 85458. Assam currently has 23273 active cases.
With 10 more deaths, the death toll raised to 306.
Coronavirus in India:
With 1,931 new cases on Monday, Pune has now overtaken Delhi to become the city with the maximum number of people infected with the novel coronavirus. Monday’s addition took Pune’s total case count to 1,75,105, leaving behind Delhi’s 1,74,748, as per figures from the state Public Health department till August 31.
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