Summary:
Guwahati, Jan 20 (PTI) Assam on Thursday registered nearly five per cent fall in fresh COVID-19 cases compared to the previous day as 7,929 more people tested positive for the infection, National Health Mission (NHM) said.
The coronavirus cases were rising continuously for the past three days.
The new infections were detected from 61,359 tests done on Thursday, while the positivity rate increased to 12.92 per cent, the NHM bulletin said.
Assam on Wednesday had reported the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic hit the state in 2020 with 8,339 people testing positive for the disease.
The positivity rate was 12.89 per cent rate against the testing of 64,699 samples on Wednesday.
Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily comprises Guwahati city, reported 1,716 fresh cases against 1,929 infections detected on the previous day.