COVID tally rises to 1,387 in Hailakandi district

A Correspondent

HAILAKANDI: 30 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam's Hailakandi district on Tuesday, taking the total tally to 1,387.

Health authorities here disclosed that of the 30 positive cases detected on Tuesday, 29 cases have been detected under the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).

Altogether 527 cases have been found positive under RAT with more than 50 per cent without travel history. 974 persons on being cured have been released from hospitals. The number of active cases in the district is currently 375.

Two COVID-19 positive patients named Mangoli Rani Das, 53, and Foijul Haque Barbhuiya, 65, breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Six deaths at SMC&H have been declared as 'non-COVID' by the State level Death Audit Board.

49 persons are currently under facility quarantine centres while 6,450 under home quarantine.

Of the 15,691 swab samples taken, 13,808 turned out to be negative. Swab results of 144 persons are awaited.

Meanwhile, the district administration intensified swab samples collection under RAT. 40-45 mobile medical teams have fanned out to different parts of the district. The administration has a set a target of collecting 2,000 swab samples per day.

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