<p>Fully vaccinated government employees in Assam have been called back to their duties after a more than 50 per cent reduction in the number of daily cases in the state.</p>.<p>Many joined their duties on Monday following an instruction from the state government issued on Sunday afternoon, asking fully vaccinated employees to come back to work. </p>.<p>Offices, both government and private, were shut since April-end following a massive spike in Covid-19 cases. The positivity rate in the state had reached 9.13 per cent in April and the number of daily cases crossed 6,000. </p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/you-can-now-directly-book-covid-19-vaccine-slot-on-paytm-app-997383.html" target="_blank">Read | You can now directly book Covid-19 vaccine slot on Paytm app</a></strong></p>.<p>The health department on Sunday said the state reported a total of 2,167 new Covid-19 cases compared to daily cases of over 6,000 two weeks ago. The state on Sunday conducted 1,00,455 tests of which 2.16 per cent tested positive. </p>.<p>The number of daily cases in Kamrup Metro district (Guwahati) also came down to 226 on Sunday. The state at present has a total of 40,026 active cases.</p>.<p>A total of 48.10 lakh people have received their vaccines so far in the state, of which 9.27 lakh got both doses.</p>
<p>Fully vaccinated government employees in Assam have been called back to their duties after a more than 50 per cent reduction in the number of daily cases in the state.</p>.<p>Many joined their duties on Monday following an instruction from the state government issued on Sunday afternoon, asking fully vaccinated employees to come back to work. </p>.<p>Offices, both government and private, were shut since April-end following a massive spike in Covid-19 cases. The positivity rate in the state had reached 9.13 per cent in April and the number of daily cases crossed 6,000. </p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/you-can-now-directly-book-covid-19-vaccine-slot-on-paytm-app-997383.html" target="_blank">Read | You can now directly book Covid-19 vaccine slot on Paytm app</a></strong></p>.<p>The health department on Sunday said the state reported a total of 2,167 new Covid-19 cases compared to daily cases of over 6,000 two weeks ago. The state on Sunday conducted 1,00,455 tests of which 2.16 per cent tested positive. </p>.<p>The number of daily cases in Kamrup Metro district (Guwahati) also came down to 226 on Sunday. The state at present has a total of 40,026 active cases.</p>.<p>A total of 48.10 lakh people have received their vaccines so far in the state, of which 9.27 lakh got both doses.</p>