Assam: COVID-19 cases rise to 1756 as state detects 84 new patients

A total of 84 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam. Of these,30 Dima Hasao, 20 Hojai, 14 Biswanath, 10 Dibrugarh, 3 Kamrup, 2 Karimganj, 2 Airport, 1 Cachar, 1 Udalguri, 1 Lakhimpur

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted:

With the detection of new cases, the total number of confirmed cases has gone up to 1756. Of the 1756 cases, 1336 are active and 413 have been cured or discharged. Four people have died of the infection in the state so far.

Assam has crossed the 1000-mark in 60 days. It reported the first case on March 31^st, 2020.

So far, 196 cases have been reported for 3rd June.

A total of 76 cases were reported on June 2^nd while 148 on June 1^st, 190 on May 31^st, 159 on May 30^th, 174 on May 29^th, 97 on May 28^th, 92 on May 27^th, 116 on May 26^th, 147 on May 25^th, 46 on May 24th, 67 on May 23rd and 49 cases on May 22^nd, 2020.

Also read: Assam detects 28 new Covid19 cases, state tally at 1513

Assam and Northeast India

Assam has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases followed by Tripura.

Data based on Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India cases so far

As of June 3^rd, India has crossed 2 lakh-mark in terms of corona positives. The country currently has 207615 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 101497 active cases with 100303 cured and discharged. The total number of deaths is 5815.

Also read: Assam: Does Himanta Biswa Need To Undergo Quarantine? Asks Opposition

Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross 2 thousand deaths. It has recorded 72300 corona cases with 31333 cured, 2465 deaths and 38502 active cases. The western state is followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Delhi has corona 22132 cases with 9243 cured, 556 deaths, and 12333 active cases. Tamil Nadu has 24586 positive cases with 13706 cured, 197 deaths 10683 active cases. Gujarat with 17617 COVID-19 cases, so far, has 11894 have been cured, 1092 deaths, and 4631 active cases.

India has surpassed China’s official figure of 82,933 confirmed coronavirus cases. India now has 7th in most cases in the world and has surpassed Germany. So far, the USA has the highest number of COVID-19 cases at 18,81,205 cases.

Global coronavirus cases have surpassed 64,52,391 cases, with Latin America overtaking the United States and Europe in the past week to report the largest portion of new daily cases globally. It represents a new phase in the virus’ spread, which initially peaked in China in February before large-scale outbreaks followed in Europe and the United States.

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