Northeast COVID update: Assam registers 2837 cases, Mizoram 880

Assam’s COVID tally has shot further up with a total of 2,837 fresh cases. Of these, 870 cases have been reported from the Kamrup Metropolitan district. The state has reported

Assam’s COVID tally has shot further up with a total of 2,837 fresh cases. Of these, 870 cases have been reported from the Kamrup Metropolitan district.

The state has reported two COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the COVID positivity rate now stands at 5.69 percent.

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On the other hand, Assam’s recovery rate currently stands at 97.34 percent.
Meanwhile, Mizoram today reported 880 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the state’s tally to 1 lakh, 48,438.

And the state’s coronavirus death toll rose to 564 as 2 more patients succumbed to the infection.

With this, the state now has 6,639 active cases, while 1 lakh, 41 thousand, 235 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 149 in the last 24 hours.

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Meanwhile, the single-day positivity rate stood at 20.36 per cent as the new cases were detected from 4,323 samples.

Of the new patients, 628 patients developed symptoms of COVID-19. Dr. Lalzawmi, the State Immunization Officer, on the other hand, reported that more than 7.57 lakh people have been vaccinated in the state so far.

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