Guwahati, June 7 (PTI): Assam reported 92 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total number of infections in the state to 2,565, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Of the fresh cases, 39 are from Hojai, 24 from Dhubri, 10 from Nagaon, seven from Golaghat, six from Majuli, five from Lakhimpur and one case was from Dhemaji district, he said.
The number of cases in the state has nearly doubled in a week from 1,339 on May 31 to 2,565 on June 7.
COVID-19 cases have been reported from all the districts, with Hojai, Dhubri, Kamrup (Metro) and Golaghat leading the tally.
Altogether, 74 travellers have so far tested COVID-19 positive, including 30 air passengers from Kuwait, since flight operations resumed on May 25.
Meanwhile, 27 more patients were discharged on Sunday after they tested negative for the disease twice, taking the number of those cured to 615.
Of the 27 discharged patients, 13 are from Silchar Medical College Hospital, five from Hailakandi Civil Hospital, four from Diphu Medical College and Hospital, two from Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital, two from Jorhat Medical College and Hospital and one from Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh.
Of the total 2,565 COVID-19 cases, 1,943 are active, four patients have died and three others have migrated to other states, Sarma said.
The number of cases in the state has recorded a steep increase since inter-state movement began on May 4.
Sample testing facilities in the state have been increased and the Assam government''s aim now was to reduce institutional quarantine, increase home isolation and further ramp up testing, Sarma said.
Assam has so far tested 1,46,605 samples for COVID-19, the Health and Family Welfare Department said in its daily bulletin.
