Digital Desk: The surge of Covid-19 continues in the state, but Assam on Thursday has recorded a fall in the Covid-19 positive cases by 5%. Assam has registered 7,929 new cases in a single day.
According to National Health Mission (NHM) data, Guwahati city registered 1,716 new cases against 1,929 infections witnessed on the previous day. It has registered a sum of 1,46,328 infections so far.
The new infections were identified from 61,359 tests done on Thursday, while the positivity rate rose to 12.92 percent. The data displayed that the number of recoveries lowered by over 28 %; around 1,960 individuals recovered from the infection on Thursday compared to 2,723 on Wednesday.
Moreover, reports stated that around 12 people succumbed to the infection, down from 15 on Wednesday. The casualties were registered from Jorhat, Nagaon, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Kamrup, Nalbari, Sonitpur, and Tinsukia districts.
With these numbers, the total number of casualties of COVID-19 infected individuals has moved up to 7,607, including 1,347 with co-morbidities.
Presently, Assam holds 41,118 Covid-19 active cases.
Assam government has already issued guidelines for limiting the surge of the third wave of the Covid-19. The night curfew from 10 pm to 6m is on the force in the state, including other mandatory Covid-19 rules.
Recently, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has shared a Twitter post mentioning vaccination drives in the state. The post read that Assam has achieved its 4cr vaccination goal.
The details highlighted that around 4,00,22,217 individuals of the state had been provided the Covid-19 vaccine. Moreover, the first doses were given to 2,29,02,926 individuals, and the second vaccine doses were given to 1,70,62,917 individuals. Besides, precautionary doses have been provided to 56,374.
The NHM bulletin stated 4,04,61,278 doses of vaccines had been administered in the state as of now.
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