Aug 7, 2020: The total number of COVID-19 cases in Assam has reached 52817 with 2372 new cases confirmed on Thursday.

Out of 2372 new cases, 470 are from Kamrup (M), 197 from Nagaon, 163 are from Cachar, 128 are from Dibrugarh, 122 are from Tinsukia, and 104 are from Jorhat.

Taking to Twitter Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed, “Alert ~ 2372 COVID cases detected out of 55671 tests in last 24 hrs.

Positivity rate- 4.25%       

Kamrup (M)- 470, Nagaon- 197, Cachar- 163, Dibrugarh- 128, Tinsukia- 122, Jorhat- 104

Total cases 52817

Recovered 35892

Active cases 16796

Deaths 126

10:00 PM, Aug 06”

On Thursday, 1332 patients have been discharged from hospital after they tested negative for COVID-19.