11 tests Covid positive in Cachar on Sunday, 35 discharged

Feb. 6: The number of coronavirus cases in Cachar district is gradually decreasing. The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Sunday at 6.40PM. As per the latest data, a total of 11 persons were found positive in the district on 6 February. Also, 35 patients were discharged (25 from home & 10 from hospital) during the day. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has gone down to 100, out of which, 83 are in home isolation whereas 17 are admitted in various hospitals of the district. On Saturday, 37 persons were found positive in Cachar. The death toll in Cachar due to Covid has reached 33 this year.

As per the updated data, a total of 1,080 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 09 persons were found positive, whereas 02 were detected positive out of 252 RT-PCR Tests. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 Jan 2022 reached 6,363 whereas during this phase, 6,230 patients were discharged. There has been a gradual decline in the number of daily positive cases in Cachar district. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 5 February to 5 PM on 6 February) 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 Sunday evening.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 6 February, there were 06 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College. Further, no patients were put under ventilator support, and 02 in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 02 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 01 was discharged. A total of 01 patient was detected positive in RAT at SMCH and none in RTPCR on Sunday.