Summary:
Guwahati, Jan 17 (PTI) Assam reported 6,982 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, the biggest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic, raising the tally to 6,53,717, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said.
The new infections were detected out of 64,919 sample tests conducted during the day, with the positivity rate at 10.75 per cent, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said.
This is the biggest single-day increase in new infections since May 20, 2021.
At the peak of the second wave of the pandemic, 6,573 COVID-19 cases were reported on May 20 last year.
The active COVID-19 cases in the state have risen to 23,948, an increase of 4,690 from 19,258 the day before.
Assam has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of 2022 with 2,709 and 3,390 fresh cases reported over the last two days.