Assam: 48 more patients succumb to Covid

GUWAHATI: The number of Covid related deaths continued to go up in Assam, with the state health department confirming on Sunday evening that 48 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours.
After 4,045 patients getting discharged during the day, the number of active cases in the state, however, has declined to 36,005. Till Saturday evening, the number of active cases was 36,799. Total 3,299 new cases were detected in the state on Sunday, when the positivity stood at 9.13 percent.
Kamrup (Metropolitan) district reported the highest 1,346 new cases on Sunday, followed by Dibrugarh (228), Tinsukia (148) and Kamrup (137).