With 10 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 19 on 31 August

Aug. 31: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Tuesday at 11.00 PM. As per the latest data, 10 more persons were detected as Coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 19 persons were found positive in the district on 31 August. Earlier, at 6 PM, it was informed that 09 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has gone down to 116. This was informed by District Media Expert on Tuesday night. Also, 19 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that on Monday, 14 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

As per the updated data, a total of 3,450 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 09 persons were found positive, whereas 10 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 19,733 whereas during this phase, 19,422 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 116 active patients:

28 of them are admitted at SMCH
05 at MH
14 at SM Dev Civil Hospital
08 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
08 at CRPF Doyapur
05 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
00 at Chibitabichia Model Hospital
09 at Chotodudpatil Model Hospital
01 Palonghat Model Hospital
39 patients are in home isolation.

The Covid-19 situation in gradually is gradually improving. There has been substantial decline in the number of daily positive cases. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 30 August to 5 PM on 31 August) did not witness the death of any Covid-19 positive patient at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH). This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH on Tuesday evening.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 31 August, there were 24 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College. Further, 03 patients were put under ventilator support and 14 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 01 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 05 of them were discharged.