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Assam no longer under Covid threat: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

First Published: 12th March, 2022 14:25 IST

For the first time in two years, no Covid-19 cases were reported from Assam on Thursday and Friday. A total of 1,458 tests were conducted in the state on Friday

For the first time in two years, no Covid-19 cases were reported from Assam on Thursday and Friday.

A total of 1,458 tests were conducted in the state on Friday out of which no positive case of the infection was reported.

The state’s latest recovery rate is 98.89 per cent.

State Health Department officials have informed that till midnight of Thursday they remained watchful but there were no reports of any positive case.

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Since May 2020, this is the first time that no Covid cases have been reported in the state. Now all eyes are on the 28 active Covid cases in Assam.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has also reiterated the danger of Covid has almost disappeared from Assam.

Chief Minister Sarma stated that with no fresh cases being reported in the state, life has turned back to complete normalcy in the state.

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