44 tests Covid +ve in Hailakandi on Thursday, 59 discharged, 1 death registered

June 17: Hailakandi registered 44 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Of the 44 positive cases detected on Thursday, 44 have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and none were found positive in RT-PCR test. The district has altogether 657 active COVID-19 cases. During the day, 2,403 RAT tests and 325 RT-PCR tests were done. 59 patients were discharged during the day. With this, the district tally of Covid cases has now reached 7,293. As of now, a total of 3,223 patients were discharged. It needs mention here that 31 persons were found positive in Hailakandi on Wednesday.

As of now, in the 61,023 persons have received the 1st dose of the vaccine (irrespective of age), whereas, 17,749 have been administered the 2nd dose in Hailakandi district.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 16 June to 5 PM on 17 June) witnessed demise of 01 Covid-19 positive patient at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH). This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH. His detailed reports were forwarded to the State Death Audit Board. The deceased is from Hailakandi town. She was identified as:

• Sutapa Chanda (38) from Ward No. 4 in Hailakandi was admitted at SMCH on 14 June. She, however, passed away at 10.30 AM on 17 June.