With 107 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 380 on 7 June, 6 deaths at SMCH

June 7: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Monday at 10.30 PM. As per the latest data, 107 more persons were detected as coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 380 persons were found positive in the district on 7 June. Earlier, at 6 PM, it was informed that 273 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has reached 3,200. This was informed by DIPRO Cachar on Monday night. Also, 372 patients were discharged after getting cured during the day. It needs mention here that on Sunday, 301 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

As per the updated data, a total of 9,834 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 237 persons were found positive, whereas 143 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 13,158 whereas during this phase, 9,834 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 3,200 active patients:

• 235 of them are admitted at SMCH
• 10 at MH
• 42 at SM Dev Civil Hospital
• 31 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
• 20 at CRPF Doyapur
• 06 at Gracewell Nursing Home
• 32 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
• 15 at Valley Hospital
• 10 at South City Hospital
• 04 at Nightingale Hospital
• 04 at Jivan Jyoti Hospital
• 28 at Chotodudpatil Model Hospital
• 2,763 patients are in home isolation.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 6 June to 5 PM on 7 June) witnessed demise of 06 Covid-19 positive patient at Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH). This was informed by Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH. Their detailed reports were forwarded to the State Death Audit Board. Out of the 6 deceased, 05 are from Cachar district, while 01 is from Karimganj district.

The deceased were identified as Satish Biswas (65) from Dolu in Cachar, Rahim Uddin Barbhuiya (40) from NIT Silchar, Sudhir Das (72) from Udharbond in Cachar, Hawarunnesha (65) from Patherkandi in Karimganj district, Pran Chandra Dushad (83) from Silcorrie, Cachar and Sheetal Das (66) from Rongpur, Silchar.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 7 June, there were 231 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 99 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 132 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 30 patients were put under ventilator support and 134 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 34 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 45 of them were discharged. Further, 29 of them have opted for home isolation.