GUWAHATI: For the first time in more than a month, the daily Covid positivity rate in Assam dropped below 4%. Even though the state recorded 65 more Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, the recovery rate inched up to 86.28%. Health officials termed it as a clear indication of the improving Covid scenario in the state. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has predicted a drastic recovery by June 7.
Daily positivity rate in the state plunged to 3.90% on Monday evening, from 4.53% recorded on Sunday. On April 24, the state’s Covid positivity rate was 3.24% but the next day, it jumped to 5.48%. Since then, the positivity rate has never dropped below 4%. A total of 4,348 new cases were detected on Monday, as the health department carried out about 1.11 lakh tests.
Kamrup (Metropolitan) district that covers Guwahati city continues to show significant improvement as the daily cases further dropped to 384 on Monday. The number of new cases came below 500 almost after a month when the previous day had recorded 422 cases.
