Dispur (Assam) [India], October 17 (ANI): Assam reported 269 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per a health bulletin issued by the state government on Saturday.

According to the health bulletin, a positivity rate of 0.82 per cent was recorded in the last 24 hours.

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During the same duration, 290 people recovered from the disease while 5 people lost their lives to the deadly virus.

The current recovery rate in the state stands at 98.45 per cent and the fatality rate is at 0.98 per cent.

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At present, there are 2,135 active cases in the state.

As per the bulletin, Assam has reported a total of 6,06,262 cases of COVID-19 so far, out of which 5,96,837 have recovered from the disease while 5,944 patients have lost their lives to the deadly virus, read the health bulletin.

A total of 2,41, 42, 328 samples have been tested so far in the state. (ANI)

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