COVID-19 situation continues to worsen in Lakhimpur

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LAKHIMPUR: The COVID-19 pandemic situation continues to worsen in Lakhimpur district. A total of 175 COVID-19 cases were detected in the district on Friday. It is the highest single day detection of the COVID-19 cases in the district during the second wave of the pandemic. On Thursday, a total of 174 COVID-19 cases were detected across the district.

On Friday, out of the 175 detected cases, 171 cases were detected as per Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and rest 4 cases were found positive for the novel coronavirus infection as per Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) Test. On this day, the District Health Department conducted 6,690 RATs in the nine COVID-19 test centres of the district, including the Block Primary Health Centers (BPHCs) and private nursing homes, and registered 195.04 per cent achievement in conducting the RAT in order to detect COVID-19 patients out of the targeted figure 3,430.

The detected cases were reported from North Lakhimpur Urban Hospital (1), Dhalpur BPHC (18), Bihpuriya BPHC (13), Naoboicha BPHC (87), Boginadi BPHC (21), Ghilamora BPHC (5), Dhakuakhana BPHC (15), Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital Respiratory Clinic (9) and private Nursing Homes (2).

With these fresh patients, the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases of the district has hiked to 14,909 since April 4 of the last year. Out of them, 13,688 recovered patients have been discharged from hospitals and home quarantine while 1087 have been active cases at present. On Friday, 64 recovered patients were discharged from institutional isolation while 41 recovered patients were discharged from home isolation.

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