Summary:
Guwahati, Jan 25 (PTI) Assam on Tuesday recorded 4,189 fresh Covid-19 infections, a decrease of over 1,700 new cases compared to the previous day"s figure, pushing the state"s tally to 7,02,902, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said.
The number of fresh fatalities during the day increased to 19 from Monday’s 18, taking the overall death toll to 6,338.
The 4,189 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday were detected from 43,587 sample tests conducted during the day, with the day’s positivity rate at 9.61 per cent.
This was a decrease from 5,902 new cases on Monday detected from 56,519 sample tests with the positivity rate at 10.44 per cent.
Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily comprises Guwahati city, recorded 998 new cases, down from 1,044 cases reported on the previous day.
Among other districts, Tinsukia reported 219 new infections, Kamrup (Rural) 211 and Jorhat 208.