August 1, 2020: The total number of COVID-19 cases in Assam has crossed 40000 mark with 1862 new cases confirmed on Friday. 
Informing this, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted,” Alert ~ 1862 #COVID cases detected out of 38324 tests in 24 hrs. Positivity rate- 4.85%
Kamrup (M): 281 Kamrup (R): 202, Cachar: 140, Sonitpur: 129, D'garh: 117, Nagaon: 114, Jorhat: 105
Total cases 40269
Recovered 29080
Active cases 11088
Deaths 98
10:55 PM, July 31”
On the other hand, 1277 patients were discharged on Friday.
It may be stated that the total cases now stands at 40269, out of which 30357 have recovered whereas 9811 are active cases. 
The death toll due to the virus in Assam now stands at 98 with four recent deaths on Friday.
