110 tests Covid +ve in Hailakandi on Wednesday, 128 discharged & 1 death registered

June 2: Hailakandi registered 110 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Of the 110 positive cases detected on Wednesday, 106 have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 04 found positive in RT-PCR test. The district has altogether 1,467 active COVID-19 cases. During the day, 2,013 RAT tests and 281 RT-PCR tests were done. 128 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that 82 persons were found positive in Hailakandi on Tuesday. With this, the district tally of Covid cases has now reached 6,461.

As of now, in the 55,667 persons have received the 1st dose of the vaccine (irrespective of age), whereas, 16,354 have been administered the 2nd dose in Hailakandi district.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 1 June to 5 PM on 2 June) witnessed demise of 04 Covid-19 positive patient 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 04 deceased, 02 are from Cachar district, 01 each from Karimganj & Hailakandi. The deceased from Hailakandi was identified as:

• Rumi Akhtar Laskar (22) from Lalamukh in Hailakandi district was admitted at SMCH on 31 May. She died at 11.50 AM on 2 June.