Summary:
Guwahati, Sept 15 (PTI) Assam reported more COVID-19 recoveries than fresh cases on Wednesday as 706 patients recuperated from the disease while 444 new infections pushed the tally to 5,96,606, the National Health Mission said.
However, the recovery rate marginally declined to 98.13 per cent from 98.08 per cent on Tuesday .
A total of 5,85,435 patients have recuperated from the disease thus far.
Kamrup Metropolitan district registered the highest number of new cases at 94, followed by Golaghat (46), Jorhat (35), and Sivasagar (32).
Assam at present has 4,049 active cases.
Eight more COVID-19 patients died during the day increasing the death toll to 5,775.