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Karimganj reports highest COVID spike so far, Health minister urges to work in tandem to contain COVID

Karimganj reports highest COVID spike so far, Health minister urges to work in tandem to contain COVID

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GUWAHATI: Karimganj district has become one of the major COVID-19 hotspots of Assam and it has recorded the highest single day spike ever with 148 fresh cases yesterday.

This has pushed the state tally of COVID cases to 6,004.

Of 148 cases detected on Monday, the Rapid Antigen Test alone found 127 people COVID positive, and the other 21 found positive under RT-PCR.

The district currently has 680 active cases as of now and 143 patients were discharged on recovering.

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1,595 swab samples were collected on Monday and 2,50,729 samples have been tested so far.

On Monday 40 persons with high-risk contacts traced and tested.

Karimganj town has five containment zones declared on Sunday.

On the other hand, Assam has reported the highest number of single day death cases as 92 COVID patients succumbed to the virus over the past 24 hours.

State health minister Keshab Mahanta had taken stock of the COVID situation in Karimganj yesterday and urged everyone to work in tandem to contain COVID.

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Edited By: Admin
Published On: May 18, 2021