Hailakandi registers 29 new cases on Wednesday, tally rises to 2,423

2 September: 29 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam’s Hailakandi district on Wednesday, taking the total tally to 2,423. Health authorities here disclosed that of the 29 positive cases, 15 have been detected under the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) while 14 under RT-PCR. 549 swab samples have been found negative on Wednesday.

Altogether 1,240 cases have been found positive under RAT with over 50 per cent without travel history. 1,891 persons on being cured have been discharged from hospitals.The number of active cases is 516. Six COVID-19 positive patients have breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Nine deaths at SMC&H have been declared as ‘non-COVID’ by the State level Death Audit Board. 150 COVID-19 afflicted persons are under home isolation.

Of the 22,108 swab samples taken, 18,490 have tested negative. Swab results of 1,555 persons are awaited. The district administration has stepped up swab samples collection. 22,632 swab samples were taken under RT-PCR and 28,688 under RAT. 40-45 mobile medical teams have fanned out to different parts of the district.