2,595 new positive cases for Covid-19 in last 24 hours in Assam

Assam has reported 2,595 new positive cases for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and with the fresh cases, the state tally has now gone up to 1,55,453.

Out of the new cases, 553 cases have been detected in Kamrup (Metro) district while 205 cases detected in Jorhat



district, 199 cases in Lakhimpur district, 173 cases in Golaghat district.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state had tested 3,575 samples for the virus on Saturday and out of which 2,595 tested positive and the positivity rate is 7.38 percent.