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According to a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin, Assam’s COVID-19 tally increased to 7,30,143 as 149 more people tested positive for the infection, while three new fatalities brought the death toll to 6,668.
On Sunday, three people were killed in the districts of Kamrup (Rural), Nagaon, and Udalguri. The Kamrup (Metro) district reported the newest cases on Sunday, with 38, followed by 25 in Sivasagar, 23 in Cachar, and nine in Nagaon. The positivity rate fell slightly to 10.47 per cent from 10.50 per cent the previous day. Â
Assam currently has 3,691 active cases, compared to 3,896 the previous day. According to the report, a total of 7,18,452 patients have recovered from COVID-19, with 351 recovering in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 recovery rate has now reached 98.40%. According to the bulletin, a total of 28,441,188 samples have been tested in the state so far.
So far, 4,71,79,028 vaccine doses have been administered, including 2,45,90,108 first doses, 2,11,52,063 second doses, and 10,36,857 precaution doses. On March 31, 2020, the first case of the COVID-19 pandemic was reported in the Indian state of Assam. As of 19 July 2022, the Government of Assam had confirmed 89,468[note 3] positive cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 67,641 recoveries, three migrations, and 234 deaths. [Citation required] Guwahati, the state’s and the northeast’s largest city, has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus.
COVID-19 outbreak in Assam
The COVID-19 outbreak in Assam has been linked to individuals who attended the Tablighi Jamaat religious organization’s conference at Nizamuddin Markaz (Delhi) and did not report to authorities upon their return to Assam.
Of the total COVID-19 patients in Assam, 37 are either attendees or contacts of Tablighi Jamaat. The COVID-19 tally in Assam has also increased as a result of some pilgrims from Ajmer Sharif Dargah (Rajasthan) who arrived by bus in the Silchar city of Cachar district on 6 May. Later, ten pilgrims tested positive for coronavirus, and the others were quarantined in accordance with protocol. As migrant workers and Assamese stranded in other parts of the country returned to Assam, the state saw an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Many of them tested positive for coronavirus while in quarantine at the state’s quarantine facilities.
Many frontline COVID-19 fighters have tested positive in Assam in the fight against coronavirus. Many of them have since recovered, but only a few have died. So far, the Assam Police Department has recorded 3,005 COVID-19 cases among its officers. Of those, 2,274 have recovered, 723 are being treated, and eight have died as a result of the virus.
