With 8 more Covid +ve case, day’s total in Cachar rises to 9 on 26 October

Oct. 26: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Tuesday at late night. As per the latest data, 08 more persons were detected as Coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 09 persons were found positive in the district on 26 October. Earlier, at 5 PM, it was informed that 01 person was found positive. Also, 05 patients were discharged during the day. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has gone down to 58. It needs mention here that on Monday, 04 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

As per the updated data, a total of 2,718 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 01 person was found positive, whereas 08 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 20,241 whereas during this phase, 19,967 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 61 active patients:

17 of them are admitted at SMCH
02 at MH
04 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
00 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
35 patients are in home isolation.

The Covid-19 situation in Cachar is gradually improving. There has been substantial decline in the number of daily positive cases. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 25 October to 5 PM on 26 October) did not witness the death of any Covid-19 positive patient at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH). This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH on Tuesday evening.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 26 October, there were 12 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College. Further, 01 patient was put under ventilator support, and 03 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 01 Covid positive patient was admitted at SMCH and 05 of them were discharged.