Numbers decreasing: 75 +ve cases till 6 PM in Cachar on Thursday, 3 deaths at SMCH

June 24:  A total of 75 new cases of COVID-19 was reported till 6 PM on Thursday in Cachar. The number of positive cases is expected to rise towards the night. During the day, 7,079 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done in which 75 were found positive, whereas the reports of RT-PCR tests of the day were still not available. It needs mention here that 129 persons were detected Covid-19 positive on Wednesday.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 23 June to 5 PM on 24 June) witnessed demise of 03 Covid-19 positive patient 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. Out of the 3 deceased, 02 are from Karimganj district and 01 from Cachar district.

The deceased were identified as Fakar Uddin (65) from Ramkrishnagar in Karimganj district, Dipti Biswas (76) from Link Road, Silchar and Altaf Uddin (80) from Asimganj in Karimganj district.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 24 June, there were 130 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 68 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 62 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 11 patients were put under ventilator support and 98 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 32 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 28 of them were discharged.