Dispur (Assam) [India], October 23 (ANI): Assam reported a total of 315 fresh COVID-19 infections, 209 recoveries, and two deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to the state's health department, the cumulative caseload has now reached 6,08,126 including 2,519 active cases.

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The state has logged 5,98,296 recoveries so far. The death toll in the state is 5,964.

Assam today recorded a positivity rate of 0.81 per cent. The recovery rate is at 98.38 per cent while the case fatality rate is 0.98 per cent.

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In the last 24 hours, 38,899 samples were tested to detect the infection. Since the onset of the pandemic last year, a total of 2,43,83,464 tests have been conducted in the state. (ANI)

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