With 6 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 21 on 13 August

Aug 13: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Friday at late night. As per the latest data, 06 more persons were detected as Coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 21 persons were found positive in the district on 13 August. Earlier, at 6 PM, it was informed that 15 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has gone down to 186. This was informed by District Media Expert on Friday night. Also, 19 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that on Thursday, 29 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

Further, during the day, 5,059 persons were administered Covid vaccine in Cachar. With this, a total of 5,70,341 persons in the district were vaccinated as of now.

As per the updated data, a total of 6,020 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 13 persons were found positive, whereas 08 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 19,428 whereas during this phase, 19,053 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 184 active patients:

54 of them are admitted at SMCH
07 at MH
33 at SM Dev Civil Hospital
13 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
11 at CRPF Doyapur
00 at Gracewell Nursing Home
03 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
00 at Valley Hospital
00 at South City Hospital
04 at Chibitabichia Model Hospital
00 at Jivan Jyoti Hospital
18 at Chotodudpatil Model Hospital
04 Palonghat Model Hospital
37 patients are in home isolation.

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 12 August to 5 PM on 13 August) 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 13 August, there were 50 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 24 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 26 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 02 patients were put under ventilator support and 32 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 04 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 08 of them were discharged.