43 tests positive in Hailakandi on Thursday, tally rises to 1825

20 August: 43 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam’s Hailakandi district on Thursday, taking the total tally to 1,825.Health authorities here disclosed that all the 43 positive cases have been  detected under the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). Altogether 918 cases have been found positive under RAT with over 50 per cent without travel history. 1,348 persons on being cured have been discharged from hospitals.The number of active cases is 465.

Five COVID-19 positive patients have breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Seven deaths at SMC&H have been declared as ‘non-COVID’ by the State level Death Audit Board. Only three persons are currently under facility quarantine centres while 115 numbers of COVID-19 afflicted persons are under home isolation.

Of the 16,755 swab samples taken, 14,615 have tested negative. Swab results of 353 persons are awaited.
Meanwhile, the district administration intensified swab samples collection under RAT. 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 appealed to 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.