55 detected Covid +ve till 6 PM in Cachar on Monday

June 28:  A total of 55 new cases of COVID-19 was reported till 6 PM on Monday in Cachar. The number of positive cases is expected to rise towards the night. During the day, 7,315 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done in which 55 were found positive, whereas the reports of RT-PCR tests of the day were still not available. It needs mention here that 48 persons were detected Covid-19 positive on Monday.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley for more than a month. However, for the second consecutive day, Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) did not witness the demise of any Covid-19 positive patient. This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH on Monday evening. This is of course a ray of hope.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 28 June, there were 130 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 53 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 77 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 12 patients were put under ventilator support and 82 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 17 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 19 of them were discharged.