05 tests Covid +ve in Hailakandi on Sunday, 11 discharged & 1 death reported

July 4: Hailakandi registered 05 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Of the 05 positive cases detected on Sunday, all of them have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and no person was detected positive in RT-PCR test. The district has altogether 108 active COVID-19 cases. During the day, 340 RAT tests and 150 RT-PCR tests were done. 11 patients were discharged during the day. With this, the district tally of Covid cases has now reached 7,542 (both 1st & 2nd wave).  As of now, a total of 4,013 patients were discharged. It needs mention here that 09 persons were found positive in Hailakandi on Saturday. Till date 46 persons died due to Covid-19 in Hailakandi district.

Though the number of Covid-19 positive cases in Barak Valley along with the rest of Assam has considerably decreased, yet incidents of death of Covid positive patients are still reported from the three districts of Southern Assam. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 3 July to 5 PM on 4 July) witnessed demise of 02 Covid-19 positive patients at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH). This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH. Their detailed reports were forwarded to the State Death Audit Board. Out of the two deceased, one of them is from Cachar, while the other is from Hailakandi . The deceased from Hailakandi was identified as:

• Kutan Rabidas (18) from Lala, Ward No.2 in Hailakandi district took admission in SMCH on 29 June. He breathed his last at 11 AM on 4 July.