435 persons test Covid-19 +ve in Cachar till 5.30 PM on Saturday, 6 deaths at SMCH

May 22: A total of 435 new cases of COVID-19 was reported till 5.30 PM on Saturday in Cachar. The number of positive cases is expected to rise towards the night. During the day, 6,746 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done, out of which, 432 were found positive, whereas 03 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. This was informed by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert on Saturday evening. Also, 129 patients were discharged in the district on Saturday. It needs mention here that on Friday, 486 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours witnessed demise of 06 more 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 as per the protocol. All the 06 deceased are from Cachar district.

The deceased were identified as: Madhabi Rani Das (63) from Shibpur in Cachar district, Faizur Rahman Barbhuiya (76) from Ambicapur in Cachar, Ajay Bahadur Thapa (58) from Mashimpur (Arunachal) in Cachar district, Ranjit Paul (72) also from Mashimpur (Arunachal) in Cachar district, Gayatri Das (69) from Public School Road, Silchar and Maya Chakraborty (67) from Chenkuri Road, Silchar.