A CORRESPONDENT
HAILAKANDI: 29 fresh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from South Assam's Hailakandi district on Sunday, taking the total tally to 1,006.
Health authorities here disclosed that of the 29 positive cases detected on Sunday, 14 cases have been detected under the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). 34 swab results turned out to be negative. A total of 184 cases have been found positive under RAT so far with majority of them without travel history. Seven persons on being cured have been discharged from hospitals on Sunday, taking the total number of persons released to 819.The number of active cases in the district is currently 181. 40 persons are undergoing treatment at SK Roy designated COVID Civil Hospital, 17 at SMCH, 42 at Algapur Model COVID Hospital, 3 at HPC's Hospital COVID Care Centre and 79 at Adarsha Vidyalaya COVID Care Centre.
Two COVID-19 positive patients viz., Mangoli Rani Das, 53, and Foijul Haque Barbhuiya, 65, breathed their last at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Four deaths at SMC&H have been declared as 'non-COVID'. Only 37 persons are currently under facility quarantine centres while 6,411 under home quarantine.
Of the 14,950 swab samples taken, 12,962 turned out to be negative. Swab results of 286 persons are awaited.
Meanwhile, the administration has stepped up Rapid Antigen Tests in view of several positive cases found in the community. Testing facility and swab collection centres have been opened in Hailakandi town and other parts of the district. It has urged the people to come forward voluntarily to get their swab tested to arrest further spread of the disease in the community.