31 tests Covid +ve in Hailakandi on Wednesday, 97 discharged, 1 death registered

June 16: Hailakandi registered 31 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Of the 31 positive cases detected on Wednesday, 31 have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and none were found positive in RT-PCR test. The district has altogether 673 active COVID-19 cases. During the day, 1,713 RAT tests and 284 RT-PCR tests were done. 97 patients were discharged during the day. With this, the district tally of Covid cases has now reached 7,249. As of now, a total of 3,164 patients were discharged. It needs mention here that 52 persons were found positive in Hailakandi on Tuesday.

As of now, in the 60,510 persons have received the 1st dose of the vaccine (irrespective of age), whereas, 17,624 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 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 from Hailakandi was identified as:

• Amulya Suklabaidya (77) from Lakhinagar Part-II in Hailakandi district took admission in SMCH on 04 June. He breathed his last at 11.30 PM on 15 June.