Assam reported 26 more Covid19 deaths and 2,289 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.

Confirming the news, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet on Wednesday evening said the cases were confirmed out of 1,01,729 tests.

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The state’s overall Covid19 positivity percentage was 2.25% on Wednesday.

Of the new cases, the Kamrup Metro district reported 181 cases.

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

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The state’s Covid19 recovery rate stood at 94.64%.

“Summary of 07/7/2021 – Today’s Total 2289; Overall Positivity Percentage (2289 cases out of 1,01,729 test done = 2.25%);  Kamrup (M) 181; Death 26; Recovery Rate 94.64%,” chief minister Sarma tweeted.

On Tuesday, Assam reported a total of 2,433 positive cases while 34 people died of the infection.

The state’s overall positivity percentage was 2.43% on Tuesday.

The new cases were registered out of 1,00,262 tests.

Of the new cases, Kamrup Metro district reported 203 cases on Tuesday.

The state’s recovery rate stood at 94.45%.

Meanwhile, India reported 43,733 new Covid19 cases in the last 24 hours.

India’s active caseload declined to 4,59,920 on Wednesday and the active cases constitute 1.5% of the total cases.

The total recoveries stands at 2,97,99,534 across the country so far.

A total of 47,240 patients recovered during the last 24 hours.

The recovery rate in the country increased to 97.18% on Wednesday.