After 12,507 RAT tests, 45 found positive in Cachar; 8-year-old among 2 dead in SMCH

The curve of infections has been flattening in Barak Valley. Yesterday, 93 individuals had tested positive in the district. Today, at 6:00 pm, according to the information handed over by the district health department, 47 individuals have tested positive for COVID. Out of them, 45 have tested positive on RAT and two samples on RT-PCR. More RT-PCR reports are awaited.

It is worth mentioning here that the healthcare officials have been exceeding the target set for tests to be done per day. Against the target of 5,700, 12,507 samples were tested today on RAT. The district’s positivity rate on RAT stands at 0.35%. In Cachar district, 17,725 individuals have tested positive so far since April 1, 2021. 168 individuals have died with COVID out of which 27 were declared as death due to COVID. The State level audit board deemed the remaining 141 as dead due to comorbidities with COVID. There are 508 active cases in the district.

The decline in the numbers should not be treated as an excuse to lower the guard believe experts in Silchar Medical College and Hospital. “We must always keep an eye on the number of admissions daily. Unless it is below 10, the situation remains worrisome. We need to take into account that this is the record of one hospital for a population of more than 35 lakh. There could be many more unreported cases carrying the risk of further contamination which could turn fatal especially for the unvaccinated population,” opined a professor of SMCH who wished not to be named.

20 patients took admission to SMCH’s COVID wards in the last 24 hours and 12 got discharged, informed Dr. Bhaskar Gupta, vice principal of SMCH. He added that currently, there are 110 patients under treatment in the COVID wards. Out of them, 50 are in ICU and 19 on ventilator support. 81 patients are on Oxygen support.

In the last 24 hours ending at 5:00 pm on June 3, two individuals have been declared dead. 8-year-old Noor Islam Laskar of Hailakandi district was admitted to the hospital on July 1 and the kid breathed his last on July 2, 7:50 pm. Saleuddin Raj Khan, a 74-year-old resident of Nagatilla in Silchar was admitted to the hospital on June 30 and he has breathed his last on July 2, at 8:50 pm.

The report will be updated once the final numbers are provided by the respective district administration.