41 tests Covid +ve in Karimganj on Monday, 109 discharged & 1 death reported

July 5: Karimganj registered 41 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday. The district has currently 438 active COVID-19 cases, while 109 patients have been discharged from hospitals and home isolation on Monday. 3,177 swab samples were collected during the day. It needs mention here that 31 positive cases were detected in Karimganj on Sunday.

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 4 July to 5 PM on 5 July) witnessed demise of 04 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 four deceased, two of them are from Cachar, one from Hailakandi and another one from Karimganj. The deceased from Karimganj was identified as:

• M Haloi (35) from Patherkandi in Karimganj district was admitted at SMCH on 4 July. The patient, however, passed away the same day (4 July) at 6.40 PM.