1,427 new COVID19 cases been detected and 4 more deaths in the last 24 hours

Guwahati | Thursday | 15th October, 2020

Summary:

1,427 new COVID19 cases had been detected and 4 more deaths in the last 24 hours, Assam’s total positive tally increased to 1,98,213 and the death toll mounted to 834.

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1,427 new COVID19 cases had been detected and 4 more deaths in the last 24 hours, Assam’s total positive tally increased to 1,98,213 and the death toll mounted to 834.

 Assam health minister Himanata Biswa Sarma in his latest tweet on COVID19 said the new cases have been detected out of 139,868 tests.

“Alert 1427 #COVID cases detected out of 139,868 tests performed.

Proud moment as #Assam performs more than 1 lakh tests for 3rd consecutive day,” Sarma tweeted.

Assam’s COVID19 positivity rate stood at 1.02% on Wednesday.

The health minister said 84.28% of the positive patients registered in Assam so far have recovered from the disease.

Assam currently have a total of 30,320 active cases, which is 15.29% of the total cases.

Assam’s death rate stands at 0.04%, according to the data shared by the health minister.

On Wednesday, 4 more positive patients died of COVID19 infection.

Health minister Sarma said in another tweet.“Deeply saddened to share the demise of four #Covid patients.” 

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