{"id":9013,"date":"2020-08-17T18:49:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T18:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationsbyte.com\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2020-08-17T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T18:50:19","slug":"assam-covid19-update-more-1519-patients-discharged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationsbyte.com\/?p=9013","title":{"rendered":"Assam COVID19 update: More 1,519 patients discharged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the day when Assam&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nationsbyte.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">COVID19<\/a>&nbsp;tally stands at 79,667, a total of 1,519 other patients, who were earlier infected by the virus, were discharged from the hospitals across the state on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the news, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet on Monday night said: &#8220;Discharge Alert 1519 patients discharged today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another good day when so many recovered patients are heading back to their families. Good job doctors &amp; nurses!&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>With the release of 1,519 patients, the total number of patients discharged from hospitals or Covid Care Centres across Assam increased to 56,734 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Assam currently has 22,733 active COVID19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>Assam registered 2,792 new COVID19 positive cases on Monday, taking the state&#8217;s overall tally to 79,667.<\/p>\n<p>Health minister Sarma in an earlier tweet said the new cases have been detected, out of 49,510 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alert ~ 2792 #COVID cases detected today out of 49510 tests done in last 24 hours,&#8221; health minister Sarma said.<\/p>\n<p>The health minister informed that Assam&#8217;s positivity rate stands at 5.63%.<\/p>\n<p>Of the positive cases, Kamrup Metro has reported 458 cases, 227 has been detected in Cachar, Dibrugarh has reported 225 cases while a total of 195 positive cases have been detected in Kamrup Rural district.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday 8 more positive patients succumbed to COVID19 infections in Assam, taking the state&#8217;s death toll to 197.<\/p>\n<p>The victims are from Tinsukia, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Golaghat, Udalguri, and Kamrup Rural districts.<\/p>\n<p>Cachar district has reported the death of two positive patients. 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