Assam has a stock of over 2.57 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Himanta Biswa Sarma

GUWAHATI: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that over 2.57 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine are available in the state.  

The minister said that a total of 20,98,162 people have been administered the COVID-19 vaccine in the state so far.

He said that as many as 16,59,145 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine across the state and 4,39,017 persons have received the second dose of the vaccine.

A total of 76,380 people were administered the vaccine yesterday.

At least 15 COVID-19 patients succumbed to their infection yesterday, taking the death toll in Assam to 1,215.

On the other hand, the state yesterday recorded 3,137 fresh COVID-19 cases with Kamrup (M) reporting 1153 cases alone. The district also recorded eight deaths during the past 24 hours.

With this, the state’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 2,40,670.

Dibrugarh district recorded a total of 268 new cases and three deaths, while Kamrup reported 255 new cases followed by Darrang with 127 cases.

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At least two deaths were reported from Barpeta district, while Goalpara recorded a single death yesterday.

Assam currently has 17,764 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,20,344 patients have recovered from the disease, including 828 yesterday.

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