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Assam government will add 200 ICU beds by June 15 in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital
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The Chief Minister said that new ICU beds would greatly boost the treatment facilities for Covid patients and said these ICUs can also be used for treatment of non COVID-19 critical patients.
Assam government will add 200 ICU beds by June 15 in Gauhati Medical college and hospital (GMCH). Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he would hold a meeting with Health Department about the reportedly imminent third wave of Covid19 and its effect on children
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.