With 11 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 15 on 1 Oct

Oct. 1: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Friday at late night. As per the latest data, 11 more persons were detected as Coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 15 persons were found positive in the district on 1 October. Earlier, at 6 PM, it was informed that 04 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has reached 45. This was informed by District Media Expert on Friday night. Also, 10 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that on Thursday also, 10 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

As per the updated data, a total of 2,415 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 04 persons were found positive, whereas 11 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 2,00,72 whereas during this phase, 19,816 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 45 active patients:

19 of them are admitted at SMCH
06 at MH
02 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
01 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
17 patients are in home isolation.

The Covid-19 situation in Cachar is gradually improving. There has been substantial decline in the number of daily positive cases. The last 24 hours (5 PM on 30 September to 5 PM on 1 October) 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 Friday evening.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 1 October, there were 19 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College. Further, 01 patient was put under ventilator support and 03 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 03 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 03 of them were discharged.