13 New COVID positive cases in Cachar; doctor, teacher from Ramanuj College, baby, 7 from Masimpur Military Camp…

Senior Doctor at Kalain Community Health Centre S Bhowmik has tested COVID positive. Kalain CHC is a busy health care centre where residents of nearby areas visit for treatment. The administration is worried about the spread of the virus in the CHC. Along with Doctor Bhowmik, 59-year-old Smriti Rekha Paul has also tested positive. She too is from the Kalain CHC.

Contact tracing continued in Silchar and Ramanuj Gupta Junior College’s Tomoshree Deb (25) who was in home quarantine has been diagnosed carrying the virus.

Another big spike of COVID 19 cases among the Indian Army Officials. Placed under quarantine at the facility in Masimpur Military Camp, Osman Goni (28), Nomal Nath (32), AS Rawat (25), Amandeep Singh (30), Hansraj Singh (39), Rakesh Negi (39), Mitrasen Yadav (24) have all tested positive.

Kalibari Char, Dakhai Colony, Shila Kirtania (29) who also came in contact with a COVID positive patient found carrying the infection.

A two-month-old baby from Dudhpatil’s Rajargaon’s area, Baby (name changed) Singha tested COVID positive. The administration had to face a lot of issues while transferring the baby boy to Silchar Medical College and Hospital. The officials from the administration informed that the father of the baby boy did not want to board the ambulance and it took them more than an hour to convince.

Air passenger from Bangalore, Nutanpatty’s Pratik Tarafdar (25) who was staying at a hotel in Silchar tested positive taking the day’s total from the district to 13.