92 fresh COVID cases detected in Karimganj on Thursday, 1 death registered

May 13: Karimganj reported 92 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, pushing the coronavirus tally in the district to 5,642. Of the 92 active cases detected on Thursday, 82 have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test and 10 under RT-PCR..

The district has altogether 776 active COVID-19 cases while 77 patients have been discharged from hospital and home isolation on Thursday. 1,582 swab samples were collected on Thursday. Altogether 2,45,176 samples have been tested so far. 11 persons with high risk contacts were traced and tested on Thursday. The district has currently 19 active containment zones.

Thursday witnessed demise of two more Covid-19 positive patients at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH). This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH. Their detailed reports were forwarded to the State Death Audit Board as per the protocol. Out of the 02 deceased at SMCH on 13 May, 01 of them is from Karimganj district, while the other is from Hailakandi. The deceased from Karimganj district was  identified as:

• P.K. Bhattacharjee (68) from Badarpur in Karimganj district was admitted at SMCH also on 12 May. He died at 1.30 PM on 13 May, 2021.