June 3 Covid Update: 5 declared dead in SMCH, slight increase of cases in Cachar

After decline in the number of cases for three consecutive days, Cachar has reported a slight spike on Thursday. According to the data shared by District Health Department, 358 individuals tested positive for Covid 19 on June 3. Monday, Cachar reported 528 cases and on Tuesday it had dropped to 402, Wednesday it declined further to 317.

Currently, there are 275 patients admitted to the Covid wards of Silchar Medical College and Hospital. 87 patients are in ICU and 34 are on ventilator while 152 patients are on Oxygen support. SMCH reported lowest number of patients admitted to the Covid wards in the last 15 days on June 3. 25 patients got admitted to SMCH while 46 patients were discharged on Thursday.

Five patients were declared dead at SMCH’s Covid wards in the last 24 hours ending at 5:00 pm June 3. E Bimal Singha, a 27-year-old resident of Lakhipur, Cachar was admitted to the hospital on June 1 and he breathed his last on June 2 at 9:00 pm.

Noor Nehar Bibi (60), the Silcoorie resident was rushed to the hospital on June 2 and she breathed her last at 5:05 am on June 3. Meherpur’s Suparna Das (76) was admitted to the hospital on May 29 and she was declared dead on June 3 at 10:10 am. Kanakpur Silchar’s 52-year-old Shantanu Das was admitted on June 2 and he was declared dead on June 3 at 12:06 pm. Nakul Sarkar (65), the Ghonioala resident was declared dead at 1:00 pm on June 3. He was admitted to the hospital on June 1.

In Karimganj district, the number of cases dropped to 71 on Thursday from 85 on Wednesday. Hailakandi too witnessed a significant drop in the number of cases. On Wednesday, the district had reported a stiff spike as 110 individuals had tested positive for Covid 19. On Thursday, it dropped to 82.