Covid Cachar: Doubling time increased to 45 days; positivity rate declined to 3.2%

Oct. 6: In what seems to be a silver lining in Cachar district at this hour of the pandemic is that the doubling time has now increased to 45 days. Apart from this, the positivity rate has also declined to 3.2 percent.

In a social media post, District Administration Cachar wrote, “Doubling time of Covid positive cases has increased to 45 days from hitherto 07 days with tireless efforts of doctors, nurses, technicians, cleaners, administration, police and community support. Request public to kindly cooperate to ensure no other family has to lose a dear one to Covid.”

In another post, the Cachar District Administration stated, “With an average of 2800 tests conducted per day for the last 10 days , sample positivity rate has further declined to 3.2%. Request public to coordinate accordingly to ensure no other spikes.”