45 tests +ve in Cachar on Monday as per results of 1st two slots

August 3: On Monday, after the declaration of results of first two slots of RT-PCR test, 45 persons were detected COVID-19 positive. Out of them, 26 persons were included in the 1st slot, whereas particulars of 19 persons were mentioned in the 2nd slot. This was informed by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert on Monday late evening. He, however, said that more slots of RTPCR Test and also list of Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) will be declared later in the night. So the number of infected persons in Cachar on 3 August will increase.

In the 1st slot of RT-PCR Test results 26 persons tested positive in Cachar district on Monday. Among them, three are from Salgangapar, 3 from Laboc Assam Rifles Camp, 2 from Chandrapur-III, 14 of them from Kalain Community Health Centre (CHC). All of them are asymptomatic but got infected as they came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed case. A 24-yesrs-old youth from Tarimpur Part 3 in Katogorah with a travel history from Pune also tested positive during the day. Further, from Silchar town area, 3 persons from a same family including a 9 years old child from Rangirkhari were detected COVID-19 positive in test conducted under Assam Targeted Surveillance Programme (ATSP). They are asymptomatic.

In the 2nd slot of RT-PCR Test results, 19 persons were detected coronavirus positive in Cachar on Monday. Four persons working in SMCH tested positive during the day. Out  of them one is symptomatic, while the rest 3 are asymptomatic. Further, a 65-years-old lady from Public School Road with Influenza Like Symptoms (ILI) was detected positive. A 39-year-old male and a 4-year-old child of the same family from Ambicapatty were found positive. Both of them are symptomatic. A teenager girl from near Apanjan Pally at Sonai Road was also included in the 2nd positive slot. Five persons from Roygarh, Tarapur were also detected positive on Monday. They are symptomatic. A 38-years old lady from Durgapally and another 38 years old lady from opposite Goswami Filling Station, Meherpur also tested positive. Also, a 35-year-old male from Vivekananda Lane, Ghungoor was detected as COVID-19 positive.