Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while reviewing the prevailing COVID situation in the state, asked the Health Department to ramp up COVID care infrastructure for the children and set up paediatric ICUs (PICU) in all the Medical College and Hospitals and district hospitals.
A total of 6,394 new cases were detected across the state on Monday after carrying out 91,481 tests. The current recovery rate of Assam is 85.73%. (Representative image)
GUWAHATI: Assam on Saturday recorded 92 Covid deaths, the state’s highest fatality count since the beginning of the pandemic, even as the state banned inter-district travel for 15 days from Friday to check the spike in fresh infections.
Since May 10, 595 people have succumbed to the virus.
“Inter-district travel will be banned from Friday. The notification is already out,” chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the media.
The state health department has intensified the number of Covid tests from Monday to isolate the maximum number of positive cases by targeting one lakh tests everyday. Significantly, the positivity rate has declined to 6.99% on Monday, from 8.51% reported on Sunday, despite the number of tests being more than double compared to the previous day.
Kamrup (Metro) records 11,309 active COVID cases with 321 deaths in last 45 days
The COVID-19 cases in Assam along with Kamrup (Metro) are witnessing a constant surge.
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GUWAHATI: The COVID-19 cases in Assam along with Kamrup (Metro) are witnessing a constant surge. Speaking to The Sentinel an NHM, Assam official said that from April 1 till May 14, the state recorded 11309 active cases with 14224 patients discharged and 321 deaths has only been reported from Kamrup (Metro). On the other hand 8957 patients are currently under home quarantine.
Earlier on May 11, the state witnessed a massive spike in cases along with deaths. On this day 1585 COVID-19 positive cases was reported and 35 people succumb to the infection.