Assam reports 35 fresh COVID-19 cases, state count stands at 427

With 35 fresh cases reported in Assam, the state tally has gone up to 427 on May 25, 2020. Of the 35 cases, 18 are from Golaghat, six from Kokrajhar Quarantine Centre, five from Karimganj, two from Tinsukia, two from Sivasagar and one each from Jorhat and Dhemaji.

Out of the 427 cases, 57 have been cured or discharged, 363 are active while four died due to the infection and three patients were migrated.

On May 24^th, 2020, Assam registered 46 cases so far while on May 23^rd, 2020, the state registered 67 cases.

On May 22, 2020, the state witnessed a massive spike in positive coronavirus cases with 49 new cases reported. On yesterday evening, 26 people quarantined at Sarusajai Quarantine Centre were tested positive for the virus.

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Assam has reported 23 cases on May 21, 2020 taking the total over 200. The state has registered its second 100 cases in just four days while there were just 100 cases on May 17, 2020. Most of the cases have a travel history.

Assam & Northeast

Assam has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases.

(Data based on Ministry of Health & Family Welfare)

India cases so far

The novel coronavirus has infected over 1.38 lakh people and claimed over 4,000 lives as on May 25, 2020, morning, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. There are 73,560 active cases with 57,721cases discharged and cured.

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Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross a thousand deaths. It has recorded 50,231 corona cases with 14,600 cured and 1635 deaths. The western state is followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Gujarat has corona 14,056 cases with 6412 cured and 858 deaths. Tamil Nadu has registered 16,277 cases with 8324 cured and 111 deaths. The National Capital with 13,418 COVID-19 cases has crossed the 10 thousand mark on May 25^th, 2020. So far, 6540 have been cured in Delhi with 261 deaths.

India has surpassed China’s official figure of 82,933 confirmed coronavirus cases. India is the 11^th most cases in the world. So far, the USA has the highest number of COVID_19 cases at 1,686,436.

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