With 8 more Covid +ve cases, day’s total in Cachar rises to 9 on 2 Oct

Oct. 2: The District Health Department of Cachar updated the Covid-19 data of Saturday at 11.50 PM. As per the latest data, 08 more persons were detected as Coronavirus positive during the day. With this, a total of 09 persons were found positive in the district on 2 October. Earlier, at 5 PM, it was informed that 01 person was found positive. With this, the number of active cases in Cachar has reached 56. This was informed by District Media Expert on Saturday night. Also, 02 patients were discharged during the day. It needs mention here that on Saturday, 10 persons were detected as Covid-19 positive in Cachar.

As per the updated data, a total of 1,081 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) were done, out of which, 01 person was found positive, whereas 08 more were detected positive in RT-PCR Test. With this, the total number of Covid cases since 1 April, 2021 reached 2,00,85 whereas during this phase, 19,818 patients were discharged.

Apart from this, the district authority informed that out of the 56 active patients:

19 of them are admitted at SMCH
06 at MH
03 at Green Heals Pvt Hospital
01 at Cachar Cancer Hospital
27 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 1 October to 5 PM on 2 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 Saturday evening.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, Vice Principal of SMCH informed that till 5 PM on 2 October, there were 21 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, 02 Covid positive patients were admitted at SMCH and 02 of them were discharged.