158 tests Covid +ve in Hailakandi on Saturday, 09 discharged, 1 death registered

May 29: Hailakandi registered 158 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. Of the 158 positive cases detected on Saturday, 137 have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 21 found positive in RT-PCR test. The district has altogether 1,238 active COVID-19 cases. During the day, 2,306 RAT tests and 374 RT-PCR tests were done. 09 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that 148 persons were found positive in Hailakandi on Friday. With this, the district tally of Covid cases has now reached 6,032.

As of now, in the 53,419 persons have received the 1st dose of the vaccine (irrespective of age), whereas, 16,235 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 28 May to 5 PM on 29 May) witnessed demise of 10 more 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 as per the protocol. Out of the 10 deceased, 09 are from Cachar district, while 01 of them is from Hailakandi. The deceased from Hailakandi was identified as:

• Ala Uddin Mazumder (71) from Bhatirkupa Part-1 in Hailakandi district was admitted at SMCH on 27 May. He died at 11.45 AM on 29 May.