Assam reported 15 more deaths due to Covid19 infection and a total of 986 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.

Confirming the news, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet on Saturday evening said the new cases tested positive for the virus out of 1,18,902 samples.

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The Assam chief minister said the state’s overall positivity percentage stood at 0.83% on Saturday.

Of the new cases, the Kamrup Metro district reported 159.

In the last 24 hours, hundreds of other patients, who were earlier infected by Covid19, recovered from the deadly disease.

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The state’s recovery rate stood at 97.04%, chief minister Sarma informed on Saturday.

“Summary of 07/8/2021 –  Today’s Total 986; Overall Positivity Percentage (986 cases out of 1,18,902 test done = 0.83%); Kamrup(M) 159; Death 15;  Recovery Rate 97.04%,” chief minister Sarma tweeted.

On Saturday, India’s cumulative Covid19 vaccination coverage achieved a significant milestone of 50 crore, Union health ministry said in a bulletin.

Nearly 50 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours across the country.

The country’s recovery rate currently stands at 97.37%.

A total of 38,628 daily new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

India’s active caseload (4,12,153) presently constitutes 1.29% of the total cases, the ministry said.

The daily positivity rate (2.21%) is less than 3% for the last 12 days, it said.