The number of cured COVID-19 patients crossed 1,000 for the third successive time in the last 24 hours, while the overall COVID-19 tally also continued to increase.
As many as 1,062 cured patients were discharged from different hospitals during the past 24 hours, taking the number of recovered patients to 2,1761.
This is the third day in a row that the daily figure of recovered patients has exceeded 1,000, state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed.
The number of new cases detected in the last 24 hours was 1,130, out of which 417 were from Guwahati and 104 from Cachar.
The overall COVID-19 tally now is at 29,921. Six casualties were also reported during the period, taking the death toll to 76.
The number of active COVID-19 positive cases in the state stands at 8,081.
