63 found +ve during rapid test in Silchar on Wednesday with max no of 11 from Cachar High School

September 2: From 27 August, Rapid Antigen testing Centres in all the Municipal Wards of Silchar has started  functioning. These rapid centres were set up in the school premises. There are 28 such testing centres in the Municipal area of Silchar. The centres remain open from 9.30 AM to 4.00 PM.

On Wednesday, a total of 318 rapid tests were done in these 28 centres within Silchar Municipal area. Out of 318 rapid tests, 63 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. A total of 56 positive patients were sent for home isolation and only 07 of them were sent to hospitals.

Here is the centre-wise break up of the RAT done in the 28 Urban centres on Wednesday: 

The highest number of 11 positive cases were registered during the day from the Cachar High School Centre. All 11 of them were allowed to go for home isolation. 7 each positive cases were detected at Abhaya Charan LP School and TT College. Further, 6 each from Holy Cross School, Sreepally L.P. School Adharchand HS School and Sishu Mandir High School centres were detected. Another 5 positive patients were tested in Norma School centre. 3 persons were found positive from Hai keramathullah LP School centre. Finally, 1 each positive cases on Wednesday were detected from BC Roy High School, Radhamadhab LP School, Pranabananda Holy Child High School, Sarbadaya Patshala, Ramanuj Vidyamandir and MM Balika Vidyaniketan High School centres. However, not a single positive cases were detected from 10 centres in Silchar Municipal area.

In the entire Cachar district on Wednesday, a total of 1018 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done, out of which 134 persons were detected COVID-19 positive.