13 deaths, 1736 new COVID-19 cases reported in Assam

Assam registered another 13 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday taking the death tally of the state to 638.

State health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Very sad and anguished to inform that 13 more COVID positive patients have succumbed to the disease”.

On the other hand, Assam recorded 1736 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the active caseload of the state to 31757.

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Confirming the detection of the new cases, state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, the new cases were registered out of 25831 tests that were conducted today and the positivity rate of the caseload is at 6.72%

Meanwhile, the recoveries have touched 1,36,712.

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