India News | Assam Reports 175 New COVID-19 Cases, 2 Deaths in Last 24 Hrs
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. As many as 175 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours in Assam, as per a health bulletin issued by the state government on Wednesday.
Dispur (Assam) [India], October 14 (ANI): As many as 175 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours in Assam, as per a health bulletin issued by the state government on Wednesday.
According to the health bulletin, 20,653 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and a positivity rate of 0.85 per cent was recorded.
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During the same duration, 381 people recovered from the disease while 2 people lost their lives to the deadly virus.
The current recovery rate in the state stands at 98.39 per cent and the fatality rate is at 0.98 per cent.
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At present, there are 2,456 active cases in the state.
As per the bulletin, Assam has reported a total of 6,05,640 cases of COVID-19 so far, out of which 5,95,901 have recovered from the disease while 5,936 patients have lost their lives to the deadly virus.
A total of 2,40,80,184 samples have been tested so far in the state. (ANI)
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