Numbers decreasing: 26 detected Covid +ve till 6 PM in Cachar on Sunday, 2 deaths at SMCH

July 4:  A total of 26 new cases of COVID-19 was reported till 6 PM on Sunday in Cachar. The number of positive cases is expected to rise towards the night. During the day, 2,472 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done in which 19 were found positive, whereas 07 persons were detected as positive in RT-PCR tests. It needs mention here that 73 persons were detected Covid-19 positive on Saturday.

Though the number of Covid-19 positive cases in Barak Valley along with the rest of Assam has considerably decreased, yet incidents of death of Covid positive patients are still reported from the three districts of Southern Assam. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 3 July to 5 PM on 4 July) witnessed demise of 02 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 two deceased, one of them is from Cachar, while the other is from Hailakandi . The deceased were identified as:

• Madhusudhan Singha (80) from Vivekananda Road in Silchar was admitted at SMCH on 22 June. The patient, however, passed away at 6 AM on 4 July.
• Kutan Rabidas (18) from Lala, Ward No.2 in Hailakandi district took admission in SMCH on 29 June. He breathed his last at 11 AM on 4 July.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 4 July, there were 124 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 52 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 72 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 16 patients were put under ventilator support and 88 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 26 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 10 of them were discharged.