9 new COVID-19 positive cases detected in Hailakandi; total count 778

July 23: Nine fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam’s Hailakandi district on Thursday, taking the total tally to 778. Health authorities here disclosed that of the nine positive cases on Thursday, five have been detected under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). Altogether 69 cases have been found positive under RAT so far.

41 persons on being cured have been discharged from hospitals on Thursday, taking the total number of persons released to 568.The number of active cases in the district is presently 208. Two COVID-19 positive patients viz., Mangoli Rani Das, 53, and Foijul Haque Barbhuiya, 65, breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital.

90 persons are under facility quarantine centres while 6,254 under home quarantine. Of the 13,800 swab samples taken, 11,349 turned out to be negative. Swab results of 831 persons are awaited.