Assam reports 2 384 fresh COVID-19 cases

    Guwahati, Apr 23 (PTI) Assams coronavirus caseload
mounted to 2,33,453 on Friday as 2,384 people tested positive
for the infection while 12 new fatalities pushed the
COVID-19 death toll to 1,172, the National Health Mission
bulletin said.
    The 12 deaths, the highest in the current wave, were
reported from Kamrup Metro district (five), Kokrajhar (two),
and one each from Hojai, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kamrup (Rural),
and Udalguri.
    The current death rate was 0.50 per cent.
    The bulletin said, 1,347 more COVID-19 patients have
died till now, but the state governments Death Audit has not
included them in the coronavirus death toll as they had other
ailments too.
    At present, Assam has 12,595 COVID-19
active cases.
    Till now, 81,71,361 samples have been tested for
COVID-19.
    As many as 2,18,339 patients have recovered from the
infection, including 348 on Friday.
    The COVID-19 recovery rate is 93.53 per cent.
    A total of 15,46,787 persons have received the first
dose of vaccine and 4,02,032 persons have got the second dose.
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