Highest spike of 148 COVID cases in Karimganj on Monday, 143 discharged

May 17: Karimganj registered the highest spike of 148 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, pushing the coronavirus tally in the district to 6,004. Of the 148 active cases detected on Monday, 127 have been found positive under Rapid Antigen Test and 21 under RT-PCR. It needs mention here that on Sunday, 62 persons were detected as coronavirus positive in Karimganj district.

The district has currently 680 active COVID-19 cases while 143 patients have been discharged from hospital and home isolation on Monday. 1,595 swab samples were collected on Monday. Altogether 2,50,729 samples have been tested so far. 40 persons with high risk contacts traced and tested on Monday. Five containment zones have come up in Karimganj town on Sunday.