52 tests Covid +ve in Hailakandi on Tuesday, 56 discharged, 1 death registered

June 15: Hailakandi registered 52 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Of the 52 positive cases detected on Tuesday, 49 have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 03 were found positive in RT-PCR test. The district has altogether 740 active COVID-19 cases. During the day, 1,958 RAT tests and 388 RT-PCR tests were done. 56 patients were discharged during the day. With this, the district tally of Covid cases has now reached 7,218. As of now, a total of 3,067 patients were discharged. It needs mention here that 34 persons were found positive in Hailakandi on Monday.

As of now, in the 60,431 persons have received the 1st dose of the vaccine (irrespective of age), whereas, 17,221 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 14 June to 5 PM on 15 June) witnessed demise of 02 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. Out of the three deceased on Tuesday, 01 of them is from Karimganj  district and the other is from Hailakandi. The deceased from Hailakandi was identified as:

• Kamala Bibi Majumder (45) from Chiparsangan Part-II in Hailakandi district took admission in SMCH on 04 June. He breathed his last at 10.10 PM on 14 June.