Biggest one-day spike of 169 +ve in Cachar on Thursday including a doctor & health workers

August 6: On Thursday, 169 persons were tested positive in Cachar on Thursday. This figure was arrived at by combining 12 positive cases detected by RT-PCR Test (1st slot) and 157 found positive during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). Disclosing this, Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert said that the numbers are going to increase further during the night as some more slots of RT-PCR Test will be declared. The details of persons detected positive in Rapid Antigen test were, however, not made available till  the filing of this report.

Suman Choudhury further said that the district health department has stepped up Rapid Antigen test (RAT). He said, “Many new cases are now coming up as we have intensified rapid testing of persons in various places. Earlier, there was one screening centre at Urban PHC in Trunk Road. Now, we have also started another screening centre at Teachers Training College (T.T. College), Hailakandi Road, Silchar. We are also doing rapid test in various market areas of the district.

Earlier, in another meeting with the journalists, ADC Sumit Sattawan, who holds the charge of the Health department said that after examination of about 40 people in Silchar’s Fatak Bazaar three days ago, 10 corona positive cases came out which is a matter of serious concern.

Further, the District Media Expert, Suman Choudhury disclosed that , “Two PG students at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) who are from outside Assam donated plasma on Thursday. The plasma received from these two persons can save lives of atleast 4 COVID patients. The 2 students who donated plasma are Guesnar KB and Nagesh CS. The plasma separation machine was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jally at SMCH in presence of the Principal and Superintendent of SMCH.”

In the 1st slot of swab of RT-PCR Test, 12 persons were confirmed as coronvirus positive. Out of them is Dr. Upasana Mohanty (30) from the Department of Surgery, SMCH, whose swab sample was collected on 5 August. Her positive report came on 6 August. She is asymptomatic.

Apart from this, three persons with travel history were also detected COVID-19 positive on Thursday. One of the, an air passenger from Bangalore came to Silchar on 4 August and gave his swab sample. This 35-year-old man from Katigorah (Govindapur) tested positive on 6 August. Another 31-year-old employee of TATA Project at Haticherra travelled from Malda to Cachar and was detected positive. A 22 years youth from Rongpur Part-I travelled from Maharashtra to Silchar. He too was tested positive.

A 24 years old man from Sarat Pally was found positive. His cause of contamination was not mentioned in SRF. A 59 years old male from 1st Link Road was detected positive by Assam Targeted Surveillance Programme (ATSP). Apart from them, some others too were tested positive during the day who though were asymptomatic yet got infected as they came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed cases. They are 47-year-old man from Bilpar, 34 years old male from Tarapur Rice Mill, a youth from Trunk Road, 22-years-old male from Ghoniwala. In this category, 2 persons, a 22-year-old male and a 24-year-old female from Key Cee Hospital were also tested positive.