Summary:
Guwahati, Nov 2 (PTI) The COVID-19 death toll in Assam rose by seven for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, while the number of fresh infections marginally reduced to 270 taking the overall caseload to 6,11,211, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said.
The number of new cases declined by 26 from 296 on Monday.
The day’s positivity rate was 0.75 per cent, registering a slight increase from 0.70 per cent the previous day.
The positivity rate had reached 1.41 per cent on Sunday.
Among the fresh cases detected during the day, 126 were from Kamrup Metropolitan, 19 from Barpeta, and 16 each from Darrang and Kamrup (Rural).
The new cases were detected out of 36,201 tests conducted during the day, taking the cumulative tests in the state so far to 2,47,90,707.