Cachar registers 127 COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday

August 27: On Thursday, 127 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported from across Cachar district till 7 PM. Out of the 127 positive cases, 93 were detected positive in Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), whereas, the rest 34 were found positive in RT-PCR Test. During the day, 739 rapid tests were done in the district. As some more slots are yet to come, so the number of positive cases may go up at night. This was informed by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert.

The 34 positive cases detected in Cachar on Thursday as per the results of 4 slots of RT-PCR Test (1st slot: 06 positive cases, 2nd slot: 15 positive cases, 3rd slot: 05 positive cases and 4th slot: 05 positive cases). Three positive cases in the 4th slot are at present undergoing treatment at Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Silchar. Both of them are asymptomatic. One of them hails from Khowai in Tripura, the other is from Tukubari Basti, while the 3rd one is from Meherpur.

Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of Silchar Medical College & Hospital informed that 4 more patients have died at SMCH in the last 24 hours, out of which, two are from Cachar district, while the others are from Karimganj.

In the 1st slot of RT-PCR Test Results, 6 persons were found positive on Thursday. They are a 33-year-old male from Borkhola, who travelled by air from Chennai. The rest 5 are from Masimpur Military Station. They are a 33-year-old male, 35-year-old male, 28-year-old male, 25-year-old male and a 29-year-old male. All of them are asymptomatic but got infected as they came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed case.

In the 2nd slot of RT-PCR Test results, 15 persons were found positive. They are a 30-year-old male from UBI Building, Central Road, Silchar, who travelled by air from Uttar Pradesh. Another 25-year-old male from Borkhola was also found positive who came by air from Chennai. Two more air passengers, one 20 years old female from Siripur Pt-I, Katakhat, Cachar (Air passenger from Bangalore) and 36 years old male from Army Camp, Masimpur (Air passenger from Punjab) were tested positive. All of them are asymptomatic.

Six persons in the 2nd slot were detected positive as they came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed cases. They are a 35-year-old female from SBI Tarapur, 40-year-old male from Shivalik Park, 70-year-old male from Vivekananda Road, 41-year-old male from Bandhan Bank, Shillongpatty, 42-year-old female from Mela Road, Malugram and 34-year-old female from Lane 10, 1st Link Road. All of them are asymptomatic.

Apart from them 5 more persons were found positive in the 2nd slot. However, their source of getting infected was not mentioned in the SRF. They are a 41 years old male from Udharbond, 23 years old male from AFS Kumbhirgram, 27 years old male from Pangram-II, 49 years old male from Udayachal Lane and 41 years old male from GREF Camp, Nagatilla.

In the 3rd slot of RT-PCR Test results, another 5 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. Out of them, two are pregnant cases in near labour at present admitted in SMCH. One of them is from Athal Basti, Ghungoor, while the other one is from Katigorah. One 64-year-old male presently admitted at Bed No.01, MICU was found positive with ILI symptoms. Another person, a 39-year-old male with SARI symptoms was detected COVID-19 positive. He is from Ashram Road, Silchar. The last one in this slot is a 42-year-old male from Hospital Road, Silchar. His source of being infected, was, however not mentioned in the SRF.

The 4th slot of RT-PCR Test Results contained information about 6 new positive cases. One of them, a 48-year-old male is a staff of SMCH. Another person, a 58-year-old male from Narshingpur was also found positive. A pregnant woman in near labour from Saidpur Pt-5 (presently admitted at SMCH) tested positive. A 60 years old female from Nilambazar also tested positive. The rest in the slot are patients from Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.