With 14 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 65 on 29 June

June 29: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Tuesday late night. As per the latest data, 14 more persons were detected as coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 65 persons were found positive in the district on 29 June. Earlier, at 6 PM, it was informed that 51 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has come down to 728. This was informed by DIPRO Cachar on Tuesday night. Also, 161 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that on Monday, 72 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

As per the updated data, a total of 4,975 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 48 persons were found positive, whereas 17 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 17,544, whereas during this phase, 16,649 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 728 active patients:

• 130 of them are admitted at SMCH
• 09 at MH
• 35 at SM Dev Civil Hospital
• 17 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
• 13 at CRPF Doyapur
• 00 at Gracewell Nursing Home
• 14 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
• 00 at Valley Hospital
• 00 at South City Hospital
• 11 at Chibitabichia Model Hospital
• 10 at Jivan Jyoti Hospital
• 44 at Chotodudpatil Model Hospital
• 32 Palonghat Model Hospital
• 413 patients are in home isolation.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley for more than a month. But for two consecutive days, Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) did not witness the demise of any Covid-19 positive patient. However, the last 24 hours (5 PM on 28 June to 5 PM on 29 June) witnessed demise of 01 Covid-19 positive patient at SMCH. The detailed reports were forwarded to the State Death Audit Board. This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH on Tues evening. The deceased was identified as:

• Rajlakshmi Sharma (47) from Bajaricherra in Karimganj district was admitted at SMCH on 27 June. She however, passed away at 8.30 PM on 28 June.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 29 June, there were 137 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 55 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 82 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 12 patients were put under ventilator support and 88 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 21 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 13 of them were discharged.