Assam records 23 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

Assam recorded 23 more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, pushing the death toll to 453. Confirming the deaths, state Health & Family Welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Very sad and anguished to inform that 23 more COVID19 positive patients have succumbed to the disease.”.

On the other hand, the state detected 2132 new coronavirus cases. Out of the 2132 cases, Kamrup Metro reported 562 cases, Lakhimpur 132, Dibrugarh 134 and Jorhat 156. The active caseload stands at 31686. A total of 31253 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

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Assam recorded 2553 COVID-19 recoveries on Saturday, Sarma said. The total discharged patients tally has escalated to 110882.

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