With 14 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 35 on 7 August

Aug 7: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Saturday at 10.35 PM. As per the latest data, 14 more persons were detected as Coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 35 persons were found positive in the district on 7 August. Earlier, at 6 PM, it was informed that 21 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has reached 241. This was informed by District Media Expert on Saturday night. Also, 18 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that on Friday, 41 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

Further, during the day, 4,169 people were vaccinated in Cachar district.

As per the updated data, a total of 2,041 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 17 persons were found positive, whereas 24 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 19,247 whereas during this phase, 18,840 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 241 active patients:

61 of them are admitted at SMCH
07 at MH
25 at SM Dev Civil Hospital
08 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
04 at CRPF Doyapur
00 at Gracewell Nursing Home
01 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
00 at Valley Hospital
00 at South City Hospital
04 at Chibitabichia Model Hospital
00 at Jivan Jyoti Hospital
16 at Chotodudpatil Model Hospital
06 Palonghat Model Hospital
109 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 6 August to 5 PM on 7 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 Saturday evening.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 7 August, there were 60 Covid-19 active patients at Silchar Medical College, out of which 39 patients were there in the ICU, whereas, 21 of them were in the Covid ward. Further, 05 patients were put under ventilator support and 46 of them were in oxygen support. In the last 24 hours, 09 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 10 of them were discharged.