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Coronavirus pandemic: Assam logs 294 new cases and five deaths

Assam on Thursday reported 294 new COVID-19 cases, 21 less than the previous day's figure, pushing the tally to 7,22,977, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission. Five fresh fatalities raised the death toll to 6,590 while 1,347 COVID patients have died due to other causes. Altogether 30,008 samples were tested for coronavirus during the day and the positivity rate is 0.98 per cent. The North-eastern state has so far tested 2,81,43,320 samples. The number of active cases now is 4,421. Jorhat, Bishwanath, Golaghat, Kamrup Metropolitan and Nalbari district each recorded one Covid fatality while the current death rate is 0.91 per cent, the bulletin said. Of the new positive cases, Kamrup Metropolitan district reported the highest at 88, followed by 18 in Jorhat and 17 each in Barpeta and Goalpara. A total of 903 patients recovered from the disease during the day, taking the total of cured people to 7,10,619 at a recovery rate of 98.29 per cent. The number of pe

Polling for 80 municipal boards in Assam on March 6; counting on March 9

The Assam State Election Commission (ASEC) of Assam on Wednesday announced that polling to 80 municipal boards across the state will be held on March 6 and votes will be counted three days later. Addressing a press conference, State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar said the polling will be conducted through electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the first time in the history of civic elections in Assam. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ASEC banned roadshows, rallies and processions related to campaigns till February 15 as per the guidelines of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority. Door-to-door campaigning is allowed with a maximum of 15 persons. "The model code of conduct comes into force with the announcement of the poll date," Kumar said. The last date for filing nominations has been fixed on February 15 and scrutiny of applications will be done on February 17, he said. "The polling will take place on March 6 and the counting will be held on March 9. The last date f

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports 1,028 new cases, 18 more deaths

Assam registered 1,028 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday pushing the tally to 7,18,920

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam logs 3,677 new cases, 20 more people die

Assam on Thursday registered an over 88 per cent jump in fresh Covid-19 cases with 3,677 more people testing positive for the infection

Coronavirus pandemic: Assam's new cases drop by 53% in a day

Assam on Wednesday reported an over 53 per cent fall in daily Covid-19 cases compared to the previous day, as 1,951 more people tested positive for the virus

Lead start-up, innovation movement: Assam CM Himanta to Gauhati

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma urged Gauhati University to lead a start-up and innovation movement in the state and assured the institute that it will get all support from the government.

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports 4,189 fresh cases and 19 deaths

Assam on Tuesday recorded 4,189 fresh Covid-19 infections, a decrease of over 1,700 new cases compared to the previous day's figure

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam logs 5,902 new cases, 18 more deaths

The overall positivity rate in the state stands at 2.53 per cent

Assam, Arunachal to conduct ground level survey of border areas: Himanta

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh decided to conduct ground level survey on the status of inter-state boundary as a step towards resolving the vexed border row, Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Assam, Meghalaya CMs apprise Shah of efforts to resolve border disputes

Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad K. Sangma met Amit Shah in Delhi and apprised him about the efforts being made to resolve six of the 12 inter-state border disputes between Assam and Meghalaya

Border row: CMs of Assam, Meghalaya to meet Amit Shah today in Delhi

A vital meeting regarding the resolving of the border dispute between neighbouring states of Assam and Meghalaya will take place with Union Home Minister Amit Shah

'Assam on track to provide clean tap water supply to every home by 2024'

Assam is well on track to achieve the target of providing clean tap water supply to every home by 2024, said Department of Drinking water and Sanitation Secretary Vini Mahajan

Assam logs highest single-day spike of 8,339 Covid cases; 15 more die

Assam on Wednesday reported the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row, with 8,339 people testing positive for the infection

Assam logs biggest single-day spike of 8,339 new Covid-19 cases

The positivity rate stands at 12.89 per cent

At 8,072, Assam reports highest single day spike of Covid-19 cases

Assam on Tuesday reported 8,072 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic, pushing the tally to 6,61,789

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports highest single day spike of 8,072 cases

The positivity rate has gone up to 12.62 per cent from 10.75 per cent on Monday

Those not willing to get Covid vaccine can stay at home: Assam CM Sarma

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Covid vaccination is not mandatory, but people who are not willing to get vaccinated must stay at home

Unvaccinated people not allowed at public places from tomorrow in Assam: CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that those who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will not be allowed to enter public places like district courts, hotels, markets etc

Assam registers 2,348 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 6,40,636

The disease claimed five lives during the day, an increase by two compared to the fatalities on Thursday

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam logs 3,274 fresh cases, four more fatalities

Assam now has 11,792 active cases