3 more areas declared 'Containment Zone' in Hailakandi; 7 more Covid cases detected

Guwahati: Seven more fresh Covid-19 cases have been reported from Hailakandi district in Assam on Monday, taking the total count to 215. At the same time, following the detection of Covid-19 positive cases under home quarantine, the Hailakandi district administration declared three more areas as "Containment Zone" to arrest the spread of the disease Sunday.

The containment zones that have come up are at Monacherra Basti under Lala revenue circle where four members of a family, including a three-month-old baby have been found to be COVID-19 positive, one at Dinanathpur Part II under Katlicherra revenue circle and the other at Dakhin Sunapur Part II under Hailakandi revenue circle.

Issuing separate orders on Friday evening, District Magistrate, Megh Nidhi Dahal asked the Superintendent of Police to completely seal the boundaries of the containment and buffer zones and to ban the movement of people and vehicles to contain the spread of the disease.

While three infected persons were under institutional quarantine facility at B.Ed College and one at Royal Guest House facility quarantine centre, three others were under home quarantine at Boalipar Part II, Lalakandi and Purbogeel.

30 persons were infected on Sunday evening, the highest spike recorded so far in the district. 86 persons on being cured have been discharged from hospitals. There are altogether 127 active cases in the district. Two persons succumbed to the disease.

Of the total 5,579 swab samples taken as per health bulletin released on Sunday evening, 4,327 have turned out to be negative while swab results of 979 are awaited from Silchar Medical College and Hospital.

1,533 persons are under institutional quarantine facility and 2,309 under home quarantine.

Screening and swab collection was taken from 205 persons coming from outside the state at the Inbound Passenger Facilitation Centre at Dholeswari Point. In the last couple of days, more than 1,200 people have arrived in the district by buses from Guwahati.

With more people expecting to arrive, the administration has started identifying more schools, colleges, and government buildings, guest houses and hotels to put them under quarantine. 

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