Assam: Over 1 lakh tests completed in a row, positivity rate falls to 2.67%

Assam recorded 3592 cases in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 2.67% . The state successfully tested 134570 samples on Tuesday. This is the second time in a row that the COVID warrirors carried out over 1Lakh tests in a day. With the new cases, the total tally now goes up to 177221 with 34241 active cases.

The Health Minister of the state took to his twitter and wrote, “I am so proud that second day in a row, our teams carried out an incredibly 1 lakh plus tests. I admire their tenacity and commitment. 3592 COVID cases detected out of 134570 tests.positivity rate-2.67%

Total cases 177221 

Recovered 142297 

Active cases 34241 8 PM,Sept 29”

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Meanwhile, the state witnessed 1702 recoveries on Tuesday. 

"Discharge Alert 

patients discharged today. Precautions is always better than cure. I advise people to keep taking strict precautions to contain the pandemic 

Total Discharged Patients: 143999 

Active Patients: 32539 11:25 PM/Sept 29 

#AssamFightsCovid"

On the 29^thof September, 13 patients succumbed to the disease taking the death toll to 680. 

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