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LAKHIMPUR: The COVID-19 pandemic took the lives of two more persons in Lakhimpur district. One of them has been identified as Bapukon Sarmah (59), resident of Gorumuriya village under Biginadi area. He breathed his last at Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital on Saturday.
The other person has been identified as Asfiya Hussain (52), a social activist, resident of Ward No. 11, KB Road of North Lakhimpur town. She was the wife of MA Choudhuri, former Session Judge of Lakhimpur Session Court. She breathed her last at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh on Friday. A few days ago, her mother-in-law also succumbed to COVID-19.
On the other hand, a total of 154 fresh cases were detected in the district on Saturday as per the results of the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) Test. Out of them 152 people of the district were found to be positive for COVID-19 as per RAT while 2 cases were detected as per RTPCR Test, reported from AMCH, Dibrugarh.
On this day, the District Health Department conducted the RAT upon 3,932 persons in eight COVID-19 Test Centres across the district. Out of them, the detected cases were reported from North Lakhimpur Urban Hospital (12), Dhalpur BPHC (10), Bihpuriya BPHC (15), Naoboicha BPHC (9), Boginadi BPHC (59), Ghilamora BPHC (14), Dhakuakhana BPHC (12), Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital Respiratory Clinic (20) and Private Nursing Homes (1). On this day, the Health Department of the district registered 120 per cent achievement in conducting RAT in order to detect COVID-19 patients out of the targeted figure 3,430.
With these fresh patients, the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases of the district has surged to 11,295 since April 4 of the last year. Out of them, 9,862 recovered patients have been discharged from hospitals and home quarantine while 1,333 are active cases.