72 more tests +ve in Hailakandi on Thursday, tally rises to 1548

13 August: 72 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam’s Hailakandi district on Thursday, taking the total tally to 1,548.

Health authorities here disclosed that of the 72 positive cases detected on Thursday, 63 cases have been detected under the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and nine under RT-PCR. Altogether 676 cases have been found positive under RAT with over 50 per cent without travel history. 1,054 persons on being cured have been released from hospitals.The number of active cases is 486.

Two COVID-19 positive patients viz., 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. 15 persons are currently under facility quarantine centres while 6,499 under home quarantine. Of the 16,069 swab samples taken, 14,056 turned out to be negative. Swab results of 261 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 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.