Assam reported 20 more Covid19 deaths and 1,213 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.

Confirming the news, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet on Sunday evening said the new cases were confirmed out of 53,848 tests.

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Of the new cases, the Kamrup Metro district registered 140.

The stateโ€™s overall positivity percentage was 2.25% on Sunday, according to the data shared by the chief minister.

Hundreds of patients, who were earlier infected by Covid19, recovered from the disease on Sunday.

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Assamโ€™s Covid19 recovery rate stood at 94.56% on Sunday, chief minister sarma informed.

โ€œSummary of 04/7/2021 โ€“  Todayโ€™s Total 1213; Overall Positivity Percentage (1213 cases out of 53,848 test done = 2.25%); Kamrup(M) 140; Death 20;  Recovery Rate 94.56%,โ€ Sarma tweeted.

On Saturday, Assam reported 28 Covid19 deaths and 2,375 new positive cases.

The new cases on Saturday were confirmed out of 1,34,085 tests.

The stateโ€™s overall positivity percentage was 1.77% on Saturday.

Of the new cases, the Kamrup Metro district reported 168 cases.

On Saturday, the stateโ€™s Covid19 recovery rate stood at 94.24%.

Meanwhile, India registered 43,071 new Covid19 cases in the last 24 hours.

The countryโ€™s active caseload declined to 4,85,350 on Sunday.

A total of 2,96,58,078 people recovered across the country so far and 52,299 patients recovered during the last 24 hours.

Indiaโ€™s recovery rate increased to 97.09% on Sunday.

The weekly positivity rate has remained below 5% and it currently stands at 2.44%.

The daily positivity rate stands at 2.34%, less than 5% for the last 27 consecutive days, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.