Assam corona news::Assam Covid-19 tally past 500 with biggest single day spike of 122 cases and all the latest news

134 new patients detected on Monday, the single biggest spike in a day for the state, the number of Covid-19 positive patients in Assam crossed the 500 figure mark.

The day started with 35 new cases from seven districts in the state including the first patient from Dhemaji, the only district out of 33 in Assam, which had not recorded any Covid-19 positive case till Sunday.

Soon, 39 more patients were confirmed from three districts taking the state’s tally to 467 cases. By Monday evening, 60 more patients were reported, taking the total to 527 cases.

Five patients, who had tested negative in subsequent tests, were discharged during the day in Guwahati and Jorhat. At present, the state has 457 active cases, 63 recoveries, 4 deaths and 3 cases of positive persons migrating to other states.

Assam recorded its first positive case on March 31 when a 52-year-old cancer patient was found to be infected with coronavirus. It took another 37 days for the figure to reach 50 on May 7 and just 10 days to double and reach the 100 figure mark on May 17.The figure doubled again to reach 200 cases four days later on May 21 and it crossed 400 cases in another four days on Monday. The latest surge in positive cases has happened in the past 7-10 days since the ban on inter-state movement was lifted on May 4.

Of the total cases, nearly 400 are amongst people who have returned to the state by roads and railways in the past three weeks. Till Sunday afternoon, nearly 60,000 people had entered Assam from other states in the region and across the country.