Assamโ€™s Covid19 tally increased to 2,10,865 and the death toll reached 969 with the detection of 169 new positive cases and 3 more fatalities on Wednesday.

Confirming the news, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in his latest tweet on the stateโ€™s Covid19 tally on Wednesday said the new cases were detected out of 23,484 tests.

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The stateโ€™s positivity rate stands at 0.72%, Sarma said.

โ€œ169 Cases detected out of 23484 tests conducted today, with positivity rate of 0.72%,โ€ health minister Sarma tweeted.

Of the new cases, Kamrup Metro district has reported 42 cases.

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The health minister informed that so far a total of 2,06,608 patients have been discharged after their recovery from the disease, which is 97.98% of the total cases.

Assam currently has 3,285 active Covid19 cases, which is 1.55% of the total cases.

The stateโ€™s death rate is 0.46%, the health minister shared.

Informing that the state lost 3 more lives due to Covid19 infection, Sarma in an earlier tweet on Wednesday said: โ€œSad to share the demise of 3 #COVID patient today.โ€

The deceased have been identified as Lak Nath Gogoi (62) of Tinsukia district; Anasur Hoque (14) and Mainul Haque (52) of Kamrup Rural district.