67 tests COVID-19 +ve till Friday evening in Cachar

July 31: On Friday, 67 more persons tested COVID-19 positive in Cachar district. This information was provided by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert on the basis of 3 slots of RTPCR Test and also Rapid Antigen test. 36 persons were detected positive in the RAT Test, whereas 31 tested positive in RT-PCR test. However, this number may increase as some more slots of RT-PCR test are expected to be declared at night.

In the results of 1st slot of RT-PCR Test, 2 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. Both of them are symptomatic. One of them from quarantine facility at Masimpur exhibited Influenza Like Illness (ILI) symptoms and the other from Shib Bari Road, Tarak Nath Lane Tarapur had fever. Their swab samples were collected on 30 July and the positive report came on 31 July.

The 2nd slot of swab results contained particulars of 14 persons. Out of them, 2 are from Silchar town. A female from Tarapur came by air from Bangalore on 29 July and was subsequently tested positive. She is asymptomatic. Another female from Sarat Pally came in direct contact with a high risk lab confirmed case and was later detected as COVID-19 positive on Friday. Others tested positive as per the 2nd slot of RTPCR test are from Ganganagar, Mohan Khal, Buribail Pt-II, Larsing Tea Estate, Barjatrapur, Srikona Part-I, Nutan Kanchanpur, Pechadahar, Tikol Basti and Bashkandi Pt-II.

Out of the 14 positive cases as per 2nd slot, 7 of them has got a travel history. All 7 persons came by air from Bangalore. Five of them came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed case, one is a Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) case, while the details of one of them was not mentioned in the SRF.

The 3rd slot of RT-PCR test results contained particulars of 15 persons from Cachar district. Out of them, 3 persons were detected positive from Post Office, Silchar, while 1 from Head Post Office, Silchar. Another person from Punjab National Bank, Silchar also tested positive. All 5 of them came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed case. They are asymptomatic. Their swab samples were collected on 30 July and the positive report came on Friday.

Others detected positive in the 3rd slot are from various parts of Cachar including Palonghat, Nutan Kanchanpur, Bhairavpur Pt-V in Katigorah, Raipur (Krishnapur), Shuktola in Dholai, Islamabad in Bhaga Bazar, Gumra in Kandigram, Purundopur in Borkhola and Krishnapur Pt-I in Ranighat. These persons travelled from Bangalore to Cachar. They are all asymptomatic. Their swab samples were collected on 29 July and the positive report came on 31 July.