Nadia crosses 1K Covid positive cases with 71.62 % recovery cases and 8.25 % infection rate

Nadia crosses 1K Covid positive cases with 71.62 % recovery cases and 8.25 % infection rate 

According to the health bulletin, 740 Covid positive patients have been admitted at the facilities till today while 530 patients have been recovered from the disease. Thus the recovery rate is 71.62 % which is far better than the average recovery rate of the state and country, a health official said.

Biswabrata Goswami

Hummingbird News         

KRISHNAGAR, 6 AUG: Nadia reported the highest single-day spike of 95 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours on Thursday.

According to the Nadia district health department bulletin, the total Covid-19 positive cases stand at 1094 till today including 371 active cases and 515 discharged from Covid hospitals.

Though, no death has been reported in the last 24 hours, so the cumulative toll remained at 6.

The health department bulletin also revealed that 675 samples collected for RT-PCR and 315 samples for Rapid Antigen Test in the last 24 hours.

A total of 44606 samples have been collected for RT-PCR till today and the administration have received reports of 42562 samples. Reports of 2044 samples are still pending.

As per bulletin, 26 samples collected for Rapid Antigen Test tested positive out of 315 samples.

“This RAT report reveals only 8.25 % people are infected of novel coronavirus while the 91.75 percent of people are not affected by the dreaded virus,” a senior health official said.

As per the bulletin, 98 patients have been admitted in the isolation centers in the last 24 hours and the cumulative figure stands at 7617 where 7480 patients have already been discharged from the centers. “This means 98.20 % people have already been recovered which is remarkable compared to the recovery rate in the country,” an official said.

According to the health bulletin, 740 Covid positive patients have been admitted at the facilities till today while 530 patients have been recovered from the disease. Thus the recovery rate is 71.62 % which is far better than the average recovery rate of the state and country, a health official said.

“Effective clinical management of the moderate and severe cases through a well-executed standard of care protocol has ensured high rate of recovery among the Covid patients,” the official said.

The district administration, health officials and the ruling party leaders are not happy with these figures as the district has witnessed a sudden spike of Covid positive cases as well as infection in the last few days where around 400 persons have been infected. A few places including the municipal areas across the district have been detected as the prime areas where a certain level of community transmission could have been started.

The areas where the number of Covid positive cases is high are Chakdah (135), Chakdah municipality (141), Gayeshpur municipality (48), Haringhata municipality (47), Kalyani municipality (96), Krishnagar municipality (40), Krishnagar-I (39), Ranaghat municipality (57), Ranaghat-I (38), Ranaghat-II (53), Tehatta-I (76) and Tehatta-II (41).

To contain the sudden surge of infection at few places in the district, the administration has announced a 7-day complete lockdown in the extended containment areas from 7 August midnight to 14 August midnight.

The municipalities, which have been taken under purview of lockdown, are Krishnagar, Chakdaha, Gayeshpur, Haringhata, Kalyani, Ranaghat, Shantipur and Coopers Camp Notified Area.

This apart, the lockdown is being declared in the gram-panchayat areas such as Brittihuda, Chapra-I, Chapra-II, Mahatpur, Debagram, Mira-I, Bhanderkhola, Bhatjangla, Deypara, Dogachi, Majdiya-Panchshila (Nabadwip block), Bethuadahari-I, Bethuadahari-II under Krishnagar Sadar sub-division.

In Tehatta subdivision, the names of gram-panchayats are Karimpur-I, Karimpur-II, Betai-I, Chitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Tehatta and Palashipara where lockdown will be enforced.

In Kalyani sub-division, lockdown has been declared in Tatla, Kanchrapara and Saguna gram-panchayat.

In Ranaghat sub-division, Nokari gram-panchayat has been taken under purview of lockdown.

During the lockdown period, no business activities would be allowed in these above mentioned areas. All government and non-government offices (except the offices providing essential services, health services and involved in covid management, treasury, banking, MDM, ICDS distribution, PDS distribution, law and order, disaster management, electricity, fire and emergency, courts and correctional homes) would remain closed.

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