July 21, 2021: Assam’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 5,52,425 on Monday as 1,547 people tested positive for the infection while 25 fresh fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll of the northeastern state to 5,054, the National Health Mission bulletin said.

Kamrup Metro district reported the highest number of cases at 193, followed by Golaghat (147), Dibrugarh (139), and Jorhat (115).

Of the 25 fatalities, three deaths each were reported from Dibrugarh, Golaghat and Sonitpur and two from Jorhat, Kamrup (M), Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur and Sivasagar. Goalpara. Barpeta, Darrang, Nalbari and Hojai reported one death each.

The current death rate is 0.91 percent and the number of COVID-19 positive patients dying due of other causes is 1,347.

The state now has 15,346 active cases, and 5,52,425 patients have recovered from the infection, including 2,426in the last 24 hours.

The new cases were detected out of 74,114 tests conducted during the day.