Biggest spike! With 195 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 630 on 22 May

May 22: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Saturday at 10.00 PM. As per the latest data, 195 more persons were detected as coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 630 persons were found positive in the district on 22 May. This is the highest single day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in the district since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.  Earlier, at 5.30 PM, it was informed that 486 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has reached 2,248. Also, 129 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that the total number of positive cases detected on Friday was 486.

As per the updated data, a total of 6,746 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 432 persons were found positive, whereas 198 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. This was informed by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert on Saturday night. With this, the total number of Covid cases in 2021 reached 6,455 in 2021, whereas during the year, 4,158 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, Suman Choudhury informed that out of the 2,248 active patients:

• 295 of them are admitted at SMCH
• 08 at MH
• 32 at SMDCH
• 40 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
• 26 at CRPF Doyapur
• 17 at Gracewell Nursing Home
• 14 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
• 20 at Valley Hospital
• 21 at South City Hospital
• 02 at Jivan Jyoti Hospital
• 23 at Chotodudpatil Model Hospital
• 1,770 patients are in home isolation.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours witnessed demise of 06 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. All the 06 deceased are from Cachar district.

The deceased were identified as: Madhabi Rani Das (63) from Shibpur in Cachar district, Faizur Rahman Barbhuiya (76) from Ambicapur in Cachar, Ajay Bahadur Thapa (58) from Mashimpur (Arunachal) in Cachar district, Ranjit Paul (72) also from Mashimpur (Arunachal) in Cachar district, Gayatri Das (69) from Public School Road, Silchar and Maya Chakraborty (67) from Chenkuri Road, Silchar.