42 detected +ve in Hailakandi on Tuesday, tally rises to 1729

18 August: 42 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam’s Hailakandi district on Tuesday, taking the total tally to 1,729. Health authorities here disclosed that of the 42 positive cases detected on Tuesday, 41 cases have been detected under the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and one under RT-PCR.

Altogether 831 cases have been found positive under RAT with over 50 per cent without travel history. 1,265 persons on being cured have been discharged from hospitals.The number of active cases is 453. Four COVID-19 positive patients have breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Seven deaths at SMC&H have been declared as ‘non-COVID’ by the State level Death Audit Board.

Six persons are currently under facility quarantine centres while 92 numbers of COVID-19 patients are under home isolation. Of the 16,468 swab samples taken, 14,440 have tested negative. Swab results of 250 persons are awaited.

Meanwhile, the district administration intensified swab samples collection under RAT. 40-45 mobile medical teams have fanned out to different parts of the district. The administration has set a target of collecting 2,000 swab samples per day.

Deputy Commissioner, Megh Nidhi Dahal has urged people to get their swab tested to prevent further spread of the disease in the community. Dahal has urged the religious leaders, community leaders, political leaders, senior citizens and people’s representatives to join hands with the administration in making Hailakandi a COVID-free district.