Guwahati, Feb 25 (PTI) Assam on Friday registered a dip in new COVID-19 cases as 18 more people tested positive for the infection, 14 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 7,24,088, the National Health Mission (NHM) said.

The COVID-19 death toll rose to 6,638 as one more person succumbed to the disease, it said, adding that 1,347 Covid positive patients have died for other reasons.

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Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily comprises Guwahati city, reported 12 fresh cases against 14 infections on the previous day. It has recorded a total of 1,56,982 infections so far.

The NHM said that the number of recoveries increased by over 28 per cent to 73 persons on Friday from 57 people on Thursday.

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Assam currently has 263 active COVID-19 cases, while 7,15,840 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from the disease.

The overall positivity rate stands at 2.56 per cent against total testing of 2,82,98,472 samples so far.

The NHM further said a total of 4,32,16,884 doses of vaccines have been administered. This includes 2,33,79,404 first doses, 1,95,82,595 second doses and 2,54,885 precaution doses.

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