46 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Hailakandi on Monday, total now 1,357

August 10: 46 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam’s Hailakandi district on Monday, taking the total tally to 1,357. Health authorities here disclosed that of the 46 positive cases detected on Monday, 40 cases have been detected under the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).

Altogether 498 cases have been found positive under RAT with over 50 per cent without travel history. 945 persons on being cured have been released from hospitals.The number of active cases in the district is currently 358.

Two COVID-19 positive patients named Mangoli Rani Das, 53, and Foijul Haque Barbhuiya, 65, breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Six deaths at SMC&H have been declared as ‘non-COVID’ by the State level Death Audit Board. 56 persons are currently under facility quarantine centres while 6,443 under home quarantine.

Of the 15,671 swab samples taken, 13,754 turned out to be negative. Swab results of 184 persons are awaited.
Meanwhile, the district administration intensified swab samples collection under RAT on Monday. 40-45 mobile medical teams have fanned out to different parts of the district. The administration has a 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.