383 persons test Covid-19 +ve in Cachar till 6 PM on Friday, 236 discharged & 5 deaths

May 21: A total of 383 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, 5,706 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done, out of which, 351 were found positive, whereas 32 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. This was informed by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert on Friday evening. Also, 236 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that on Thursday, 333 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. Thursday witnessed demise of 05 more Covid-19 positive patients. 04 of them died at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH), whereas, 01 died at Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (CCHRC). Their detailed reports were forwarded to the State Death Audit Board as per the protocol. Out of the 05 deceased, 04 are from Cachar district, while 01 of them is from Hailakandi.

The deceased were identified as: Nanda Kishore Singha (71) from Sudarshanpur in Hailakandi, MayImrana Begum (38) from Tejitikar in Cachar and Putul Chandra Das (78) and Ajoy Majhi (48) from Malugram, Silchar. They died at SMCH. Whereas, one Mira Paul (77) from Ambicapatty, Silchar died at the Cachar Cancer Hospital at 3.30 AM on 21 May.