<span style="color: #222222;">Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met top officials of the state in Guwahati last night to discuss the rising cases of COVID-19. Assam has registered 844 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours. The state's COVID-19 positivity rate stood at 2.37 percent yesterday.  <br />''<br />''The Chief Minister held meetings with senior officials in presence of Health Minister Keshab Mahanta and discussed ways to curb the COVID 19 infection. Mr. Sarma is likely to announce a new set of restrictions this evening to contain the COVID situation.<br />''<br />''The Assam government already imposed night curfews recently.</span><br />