Alarming! Guwahati registers 186 covid cases in the last 24 hours

Guwahati: Guwahati reported 184 new Covid cases on Sunday, while the state has registered 352 fresh covid cases pushing the active caseload to 1,902.

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The state has seen a sudden spike in the number of Covid caseloads in the last few days with a positivity rate of 0.48 per cent today, the new cases were detected out of 73,329 tests conducted of which, Guwahati reported the highest followed by Dibrugarh at 23, Nagaon at 18, and Tinsukia at 17.

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It may be mentioned here that the state has been battling with a sudden surge in the number of cases following which Section 144 CrPC have been imposed in districts such as Lakhimpur, Dhubri, Jorhat, Biswanath, Sivasagar of Assam to control the spread of the disease. Along with it, strict covid protocols such as mandatory mask wearing and social distancing has been implemented. Gathering of large number of people too have been prohibited.