Summary:
Guwahati, Sept 14 (PTI) Assam logged 496 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, 71 less than that of the previous day, the National Health Mission said.
With nine patients succumbing to the disease, the COVID-19 death toll has increased to 5,767 from 5,758 on Monday.
Seven people had died of the disease on Monday.
Of the fresh fatalities, three deaths were reported each from Golaghat and Jorhat and one each in Kamrup (Metro), Charaideo, and Darrand, according to the bulletin.
The current death rate is 0.97 per cent and the number of COVID-19 positive patients dying due to other causes is 1,347.
Kamrup Metropolitan registered the highest number of new cases at 138, followed by Golaghat (35), Jorhat (34), and Charaideo (31).