With 160 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 453 on 17 May

May 17: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Monday at 11.30 PM. As per the latest data, 160 more persons were detected as coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 453 persons were found positive in the district on 17 May. As per records, this is the highest single day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in Cachar since 2020. Earlier, at 6.00 PM, it was informed that 293 persons were found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has reached 1,502. It needs mention here that the total number of positive cases detected on Sunday was 430.

As per the updated data, a total of 4,768 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 293 persons were found positive, whereas 160 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. This was informed by Suman Choudhury, District Media Expert on Monday night. With this, the total number of Covid cases in 2021 reached 4,721 in 2021, whereas during the year, 3,186 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, Dr. Ibrahim Ali Ahmed informed that out of the 1,502 active patients:

• 217 of them are admitted at SMCH
• 08 in MH
• 19 at SMDCH
• 29 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
• 38 at CRPF Doyapur
• 18 at Gracewell Nursing Home
• 15 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
• 19 at Valley Hospital
• 1,139 patients are in home isolation.

Death of Covid-19 patients continued unabated in Barak Valley. The last 24 hours witnessed demise of 03 more Covid-19 positive patients 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 as per the protocol. All the 03 deceased at SMCH during the last 24 hours are from Cachar district.

The deceased were identified as: Moynamati Teli (50) from Nutan Ramnagar in Cachar district, Sitangshu Sekhar Bhattacharjee (85) from Arunachal in Cachar district and Sarodindu Roy (52) from Dwarbond in Cachar.