22 tests +ve on Wednesday in Karimganj, most of them detected under ATSP

July 15: During the last one week, Karimganj recorded much less new positive cases in comparison to Cachar and Hailakandi. However, on Wednesday, 22 more persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Karimganj. Out of them, 9 were detected as positive under Assam Targeted  Surveillance Program (ATSP).

The 22 persons detected as coronavirus positive in Karimganj district on Wednesday are Pratima Das (55) from Hospital Road, Karimganj. The lady works in a Beauty Parlour and was detected positive through Assam Targeted  Surveillance Program (ATSP). She was kept in home quarantine. Three more individuals were detected through Assam Targeted  Surveillance Program (ATSP) in Karimganj on Wednesday. They are 39 years old Sujan Shill from Nilmani Road, Paplu Chanda (35) from Durganagar and Sanjit Chanda (27) from Lakhi Charan Road. They all were quarantined at home.

Further, two persons with travel history from Bangalore also tested positive. They were quarantined at G.C. Paul College. These two persons were identified as Bijit Das (25 from Anandapur at Ramkrishna Nagar and Joybashi Das (19) from Fakuagram in Ramkrishna Nagar.

Six more persons were detected positive after they were tested vide ATSP. They are Bidhan Chanda (34) from Karimganj Indira Colony, Bijon Chanda (19) from Bhanga Bazar, Prasenjit Chanda (26) from Adarkuna in Badarpur, Subrata Chanda (35) Lalpool in Nilambazar, Bishu Chanda (38) from Nilambazar and DG Jagtap (31) BSF Camp in Bagbari.

A 40 years old person, Bidyut Ray, who was an OPD patient was also detected as COVID-19 positive case on Wednesday. He is from Kalibari Bazar in Sonbeel. By means of contact tracing, Debasish Namasudra (13) from Kamlatilla in Ramkrishna Nagar also tested positive. He was in home quarantine. Two more persons in the district were detected after they were tested under ATSP. They are Raju Chanda (38) from Harbasor Katabari in Patherkandi and Prosenjit Sarkar (23) from Police Reserve, Karimganj. Both of them were kept under home quarantine.

Five more persons came from Bangalore to Karimganj and were detected as COVID-19 positive on Wednesday. They are Tanwirul Islam (20) from BDP. he was quarantined at Barak Valley Lodge in Badarpur. Nurul Islam (17) from Nilambazar and Sohid Ahmed (25) from Baraigram were also tested positive and they were kept under institutional quarantine facility at Jatrapur Girls Hostel in Nilambazar. Abdul Sukkur (24) from Kanishail quarantined at Hotel Kalpataru was also found positive. The last positive patient in this list of 22 is Rehan Uddin (38) from Englabazar. He was quarantined at Barak Valley Lodge in Badarpur.