136 tests +ve in Cachar on Monday including 13 persons from Cachar Cancer Hospital

August 24: On Monday, another three persons were detected positive as per the results of the 3rd slot of RT-PCR Test declared at night. Out of the three, one of them, a 41-year-old male is a security staff of SMCH. The two others are a 54-year-old female from Station Road, Tarapur and a 79-year-old male from Kabuganj. With this new fresh cases, the day’s tally in Cachar district has now gone upto 136. A total of 846 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) were done during the day, out of which, 81 persons tested positive. Whereas, another 55 positive cases were detected in three slots of RT-PCR Test (1st slot: 28 Positive, 2nd slot: 24 positive & 3rd slot: 03).

However, what seems to be a matter of great concern is that a total of 13 positive cases were reported on Monday from Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (CCHRC). Their names were included in the 2nd slot of RT-PCR Test. As per sources, majority of the 13 positive detected at CCHRC are patients admitted over there for treatment. It needs mention here that two doctors of the Cancer Hospital were also detected positive on Sunday. Apart from them, a few staff mostly from the radiation section of the hospital were also found positive. The positive patients were kept in an Isolation Ward within the hospital campus. The source at CCHRC also revealed that there is a huge rush of patients at present as those who used to go earlier in Mumbai, Kolkata, South India for treatment are unable to move out due to the ongoing pandemic.

Majority of the 13 persons detected positive from Cachar Cancer Hospital on Monday are symptomatic. They are a 62-year-old male, 46-year-old male, 56-year-old male, 38-year-old male, 58-year-old male, 22-year-old male, 39 years old male, 43 years old male, 62 years old male, 55 years old male, 48 years old male, 45 years old male and 44 years old female.

In the 1st slot of RT-PCR Test, 28 persons were detected as COVID-19 positive. Out of them, 14 persons were infected as they came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed cases. They are 65-year-old female from Sunil Sarkar Lane at Rangirkhari, 25-year-old male, 34-year-old male & 50-year-old male from Rangirkhari Fire Brigade, 37-year-old male from Sudhir Chandra Sarani at Azad Hind Road, 17-year-old male from Rangirkhari; 12 years old child, 65 years old male & 45 years old female from Tarani Road, 26 years old male from National Highway, 18 years old male & 36 years old female from Maa Sarada Lane at Tarapur and 49 years old female from Tarapur.

Apart from them, 5 persons with travel history were also found positive during the day. They are 30-year-old female from SMCH (Air passenger from Guwahati), 29 years old male from BSF Camp Cachar (Air passenger from Delhi), 39 years old male from Madhurapul at Rongpur (Air passenger from Delhi), 45 years male from Lane No-10 at Link Road (Air passenger from Delhi) and 39 years old male from BSF Masimpur (Air passenger from Delhi).

Three pregnant women in near labour tested positive on Monday. They are 25-year-old female from Dewan Tea Estate (presently at SMCH), 25-year-old female from Chandrapur Part-3 (presently at SMCH) and 37-year-old female from Rakhal Khalerpar in Masimpur (presently at Masimpur).

Four more passengers tested positive in the 1st slot. However, their source of being infected is not mentioned in the SRF. They are 57 years old male from Tarani Road, 96 years old female from Rangirkhari, 35 years old male from Premtola, 45 years old female from Nutan Ramnagar in Sonai and 60 years old male from Jirighat Bazar.

In the 2nd slot of RT-PCR Test Results, 28 persons were found COVID-19 positive on Monday in Cachar district. Out of them, 4 persons are from the same family at Uday Nagar in Tarapur. They are a 26-year-old male, 19-year-old female, 28-year-old female and a 13-year-old male. All of them are asymptomatic. They came in direct contact with high risk lab confirmed case.

Two more persons tested positive during the day are air passengers from Guwahati. Their residence is at Ambicapatty. They are a 31 years old male and a 55 years old female. Another 56 years old female from Shyamananda Ashram Road was detected positive on Monday. She is symptomatic and came in contact with a lab confirmed case. A 29-year-old female from Ghoniwala, Malugram also tested positive. However, her source of getting infected was not mentioned in the SRF.

Further, 3 persons from BSF Masimpur were also found positive on Monday. All of them are symptomatic. They came in contact with lab confirmed case. They are 27-year-old male, 57-year-old male and 44-year-old male.