150 positive so far on Tuesday; Audit Board declared 3 died due to COVID in Cachar yesterday

The Cachar district administration has informed that 150 individuals have tested positive for COVID19 today. More than 2100 people have been tested using the Rapid Antigen Test Kit and 137 of them have tested positive.

The state-level death audit board has analysed reports of four individuals who died with COVID19 infection in the body in Cachar. Out of the four three died due to COVID while the other one has been adjudged as a non-COVID death.

Cachar’s Sanchita Paul Choudhury (65), Swapna Choudhury (64), Yahiya Ahmed Barbhuiya 40 have succumbed due to COVID19 infections while Nirmalendu Kumar Deb (53) had other primary cause of death.

The administration did not reveal any details about the deceased, according to them, Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) spokesperson is authorised to brief the press about deaths due to COVID. The SMCH spokesperson, as said by the administration, Dr. Prosenjit Ghosh was not available for comment. He has kept himself away from the press for the last few days.

However, Deputy Speaker of Assam, Aminul Haque Laskar informed that Yahiya Ahmed Barbhuiya who succumbed to COVID is a Kanakpur resident. Deputy Speaker of Assam, Aminul Haque Laskar posted on Facebook, “Yahiya was like a brother to me and has always helped, even during the first phases of lockdown he along with his brothers donated a lot for the underprivileged people of Sonai constituency.”

The post adds, “At the age of 37 (read 40) he was not meant to leave us like this. This shows the mortality scale of this deadly virus. I have always urged people to get tested as soon as you feel any symptoms for COVID. Please come forward and get yourself tested. Assam Government is doing it’s best to keep us safe and so everyone please take responsibility for keeping yourself safe.”

On the other hand, the Cachar district administration has held a meeting with leading citizens at Banga Bhawan in Silchar earlier today. In the meeting, while addressing the gathering, deputy commissioner, Keerthi Jalli said that the high number of cases must not create panic in the society. “After Guwahati, Cachar is performing the most number of tests per day in the state. Our strategy is to identify and isolate and that is why we have rolled out many rapid testing drives across the district. Due to which we see a high number of cases being detected every day,” she asserted.

It was unanimously decided in the meeting that lockdown is not a solution and the administration in association with the society must focus on generating awareness among people.