24 detected Covid +ve till 6 PM in Cachar on Friday

July 30:  A total of 24 new cases of COVID-19 was reported till 6 PM on Friday in Cachar. The number of positive cases is expected to rise towards the night. During the day, 7,034 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done in which 24 were found positive, whereas till the filing of this report, RT-PCR test results were not made avaiable. It needs mention here that 42 persons were detected Covid-19 positive on Thursday.

The Covid-19 situation in gradually is gradually improving. There has been substantial decline in the number of daily positive cases. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 29 July to 5 PM on 30 July) 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 Friday evening.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 30 July, there were 58 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 25 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 33 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 04 patients were put under ventilator support and 30 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 11 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 20 of them were discharged.