With 74 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 353 on 5 June, 4 deaths recorded

June 5: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Saturday at 11 PM. As per the latest data, 74 more persons were detected as coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 353 persons were found positive in the district on 5 June. Earlier, at 6 PM, it was informed that 279 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has reached 3,281. This was informed by DIPRO Cachar on Saturday night. Also, 447 patients were discharged after getting cured during the day. It needs mention here that on Friday, 316 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

As per the updated data, a total of 9,704 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 264 persons were found positive, whereas 89 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 12,547 whereas during this phase, 9,147 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 3,281 active patients:

• 257 of them are admitted at SMCH
• 10 at MH
• 45 at SM Dev Civil Hospital
• 39 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
• 15 at CRPF Doyapur
• 14 at Gracewell Nursing Home
• 34 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
• 16 at Valley Hospital
• 17 at South City Hospital
• 09 at Nightingale Hospital
• 00 at Jivan Jyoti Hospital
• 25 at Chotodudpatil Model Hospital
• 2,800 patients are in home isolation.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 4 June to 5 PM on 5 June) witnessed demise of 04 Covid-19 positive patients, out of which 02 died at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) and 02 at Cachar Cancer Hospital. Their detailed reports were forwarded to the State Death Audit Board. All the 4 deceased are from Cachar district.

The deceased at SMCH were identified as Sujit Barman (65) from Kulicherra in Cachar district and Kanailal Lohar (85) from Darmikhal in Cachar. Whereas, one of the deceased at Cachar Cancer Hospital was identified as Subhadra Bhoglari from Cachar who died on Friday evening. However, the details of the other deceased at Cachar Cancer Hospital was not known till the filing of this report.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 5 June, there were 243 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 95 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 148 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 32 patients were put under ventilator support and 148 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 30 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 42 of them were discharged. Further, 40 of them have opted for home isolation.