Assam records highest single day spike with 269 Coronavirus cases

▴ Assam records highest single day spike with 269 Coronavirus cases
The state reached the total of 1,830 cases by recording 158 new ones in the evening, 51 in the afternoon and 60 in the morning

With a single-day record of 269 cases, Assam's COVID-19 tally crossed the 1,800-mark on Wednesday, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reportedly said. Breaching the 1,600, 1,700 and 1,800 marks during a single day, the state reached the total of 1,830 cases by recording 158 new ones in the evening, 51 in the afternoon and 60 in the morning, he added.

Among the 158 new cases reported last evening, there are two air travelers, 59 are from Dhubri, 30 from Dima Hasao, 20 from Hojai, 14 each from Nagaon and Biswanath, 10 from Dibrugarh, three from Kamrup, two each from Karimganj and Udalguri, one each from Cachar and Lakhimpur, Sarma said.

Of the 51 cases reported in the afternoon, 28 are from Dhubri, 13 from Darrang, five from Karimganj, three from Sonitpur, and two from Lakhimpur. Of the 60 new cases reported within the morning, 38 are from Dhubri, 18 from Golaghat, and four from Nagaon, he added. Dhubri recorded the highest number of 125 cases during the day and was followed by Dima Hasao (30), Hojai (20), Golaghat and Nagaon (18 each), Bishwanath (14), Darrang (13), Dibrugarh (10), Karimganj (seven), Kamrup, Lakhimpur, and Sonitpur (three each), Udalguri (two) and Cachar (one).

Meanwhile, 39 patients were released from Sonapur Civil Hospital, 10 from Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, seven from Dima Hasao Civil Hospital, five each from Lakhimpur Civil Hospital and Golaghat Civil Hospital, four from Guwahati Medical College and Hospital, three from Jorhat Medical College Hospital, two from Silchar Medical College Hospital and one from Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital.

Of the 1,830 cases, 1,410 are active, while 413 people have recovered and are discharged from hospitals, four persons have died and three have migrated out of the state, the minister said. Meanwhile, the third flight under the Vande Bharat Mission was scheduled to reach the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport from Ukraine's Kiev past midnight, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson said. A repatriation flight from Russia, carrying 37 passengers, arrived past midnight and another from Kuwait with 155 passengers arrived on May 29. Thirty of those air travelers have tested positive for COVID-19.

Altogether 66 air passengers have tested positive for the disease thus far within the state since flight operations resumed on May 25. Assam has recorded a steep increase in the number of COVID-19 cases since the inter-state movement began, but with increased testing facilities, the state government's aim to reduced institutional quarantine and increased home quarantine. Assam has thus far tested 1,26,726 samples for COVID-19 with 1,830 testings positive, 1,17,650 negative, and therefore the remaining results awaited, consistent with the daily bulletin of the state Health and Family Welfare department.

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