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100 +ve cases detected on Sunday in Cachar including 5 more from Cancer Hospital
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August 30: A total of 100 new cases of COVID-19 were detected from across Cachar district till 7 PM on Sunday. Out of the 100 fresh cases, 84 of them were found positive in Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), whereas the rest 16 were detected positive in the 1st & 2nd slot of RT-PCR Test. A total of 703 rapid tests were done during the day. The results of some more slots of RT-PCR tests are awaited and so the number of positive cases may further increase at night. This was informed by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert on Saturday evening.
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In the 1st slot of RT-PCR Test results on Sunday, 14 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive in Cachar district. Out of this, 5 more persons at Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (CCHRC) tested positive. The 5 patients of the Cancer Hospital who tested positive during the day are 30-year-old male from Meherpur Naga Colony, 45-year-old male from Meherpur, 24-year-old female from Kajidohar, 35-year-old female from Rangirkhari and 12-year-old child from Meherpur. The detection of so many positive cases almost daily at the CCHRC has become a major cause of concern for the health department.
Apart from them, 7 persons from Masimpur Military Station were also found positive during the day, They are a 31 years old female, 02 months old baby, 38 years old male, 30 years old male, 10 years old child, 32 years old female, and a 24 years old female.
Another 40 years old female from Ahugear in Cachar was also detected positive. The last one in this slot is a 82 years old male from Dwarbond, Chotojalenga Part-3 who is at present admitted at SMCH. He was tested positive after he exhibited SARI symptoms.
In the 2nd slot of RT-PCR test results, two persons from 1st Link Road in Silchar were found COVID-19 positive. They are a 11 years old child and a 80 years old male. Both of them are asymptomatic. They were infected as they came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed cases.