Guwahati, Jul 24 (UNI) The COVID-19 tally in Assam shot past 28,000 with detection of over 1,000 new cases in the last 24 hours, while the recovered figure also topped 20,000.
Altogether 1047 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 28,791.
Out of the new cases, 219 were from main city Guwahati, which has been a drop for the city in new cases as it had been averaging above 400 new cases for the past couple of weeks.
For the second consecutive day, the number of recovered patients exceeded new cases.
As many as 1349 patients were discharged from different hospitals yesterday, pushing the number of recovered patients to 20,699.
The number of active COVID 19 cases in the state stands at 8,019.
Meanwhile, the death toll in COVID 19 increased to 70 with four more casualties confirmed yesterday.
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