200 detected Covid +ve in Cachar till 6 PM on Wednesday, 5 deaths at SMCH

June 16:  A total of 200 new cases of COVID-19 was reported till 6 PM on Wednesday in Cachar. The number of positive cases is expected to rise towards the night. During the day, 4,760 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done in which 191 were found positive, whereas 09 others tested positive in RT-PCR Test. This was informed by DIPRO Cachar on Wednesday evening. It needs mention here that 259 persons were detected Covid-19 positive on Tuesday.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 15 June to 5 PM on 16 June) witnessed demise of 05 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 05 deceased on Wednesday, 03 of them are from Cachar, 01 from Karimganj district and the other is from Hailakandi.

The deceased were identified as Bindiya Rani Singha (58) from Kabuganj in Cachar, Amulya Suklabaidya (77) from Lakhinagar Part-II in Hailakandi district, Paresh Kanu (55) from Bidyanagar in Karimganj, Ganesh Chandra Das (90) from Banglaghat in Cachar and DB Gurung (70) from Kumbhirgram in Cachar.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 16 June, there were 148 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 90 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 58 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 20 patients were put under ventilator support and 109 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 23 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 30 of them were discharged. Further, 18 of them have opted for home isolation.