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HAILAKANDI: 26 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from Hailakandi district on Saturday, taking the total tally to 811.
Health authorities here disclosed that of the 26 positive cases on Saturday, three have been detected under Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). 140 swab results turned out to be negative.
Circle Officer, Hailakandi, Tridip Roy has tested COVID-19 positive under RAT and has been admitted at SK Roy designated COVID-19 Civil Hospital.
Altogether 77 cases have been found positive under RAT so far.
33 persons on being cured have been discharged from hospitals on Saturday, taking the total number of persons released to 639. The number of active cases in the district is presently 170.
Two COVID-19 positive patients viz., Mangoli Rani Das (53), and Foijul Haque Barbhuiya (65), breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. 40 persons are currently under facility quarantine centres while 6,304 under home quarantine. Of the 14,149 swab samples taken, 11,566 turned out to be negative. Swab results of 909 persons are awaited.
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