1 dies in DESUN hospital.... 1 positive patient tests negative.... 19 patients in institutional and 1085 in home quarantine

DAILY REPORT 

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 14 May 2020: 

NORTH BENGAL 

1 dies in DESUN hospital: 1 patient of Mungpoo died at DESUN severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) Hospital, today. A 48 year old patient was referred by NEOTIA nursing home last night but the patient died this morning. Swab test of the deceased is done for confirmation and the result is awaited before handing over the body to the relatives.

There are 19 patients in this hospital. 8 are waiting for their swab test result. In this hospital after release of 3 patients and admission of 1 new patient there are 2 patients from Darjeeling and 1 from Kalimpong. 

1 positive patient tests negative: One of the six patients admitted at Dr. Chang’s Super specialty Covid-19 Hospital has tested negative. There are 6 Covid-19 positive patients and one of them is from Barobhisa of Alipurduar District. For confirmation another test will be performed within 24 hour.  There are 3 positive patients of Alipurduar. Others are 1 doctor of NBMCH (resident of Kolkata), 1 of Malda and 1 driver from Chennai.

7 at NBMCH: There are 3 patients in the Isolation ward 1 at NBMCH. 2 are at Isolation ward 2. Another 2 females are admitted in the gynecological Isolation ward of NBMCH. One of them is from Islampur and has travel history and is a suspected case though her test result is yet to be confirmed. Of the 7, one is from Kumlai Tea Garden of Jalpaiguri and another is from Phansidewa. They have symptoms of respiratory problem similar to Covid-19.  

2 test machines installed: For enhancing the number of testing of Covid-19, two types of testing machines recommended by ICMR are installed at NBMCH and experimental tests are being performed. Of these machines TrueNat machines and CB-NAAT machines (more popular as GeneXpert) which are used for tuberculosis testing will be deployed for testing Covid-19 suspects. 

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had recommended the use of the TrueNat Beta CoV test as a screening test for COVID-19. It has also approved the use of US-FDA approved Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) systems such as GeneXpert and Roche Cobas- 6800/800 in emergency situations. It can now diagnose a positive result for the coronavirus strain within an hour for Rs. 1,350. 

The test — called the TrueNat Beta CoV test — effectively enables same-day testing, reporting, and patient isolation initiation (if required). Its battery-operated kits are the size of a telephone and can be taken out into the field to test as many as 15 individuals a day. They range between Rs. 6.5 lakh and Rs. 12 lakh and have received both government and ICMR approval. The testing kits uses Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology, which uses a swab from the throat to diagnose diseases — a more accurate method when it comes to diagnosis. While the tests by GeneXpert machines are confirmatory tests, the tests by TrueNat machines are screening tests. But the turnaround time in both is one hour to two hours. 

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 14 May 2020: 

GTA 

19 patients in institutional and 1085 in home quarantine: At quarantine centre of ITI, Upper Fagu Gorubathan under Kalimpong district, 5 more persons are admitted, that tally 14 persons. There are 2 persons at Batasia TB centre, and 3 in Old Railway Hospital of Kurseong. With the home coming of students and other people from other states, the number of people in self quarantine at their residence in the district of Darjeeling is increased from 563 to 648 while in Kalimpong district it is 437.  

WEST BENGAL		New cases	Confirmed Cases	Active Cases	Recovered
Death
Total day	143	87	2377	1394	768
1 day before	135	117	2290	1381	702
2 days before	126	110	2173	1363	612
Today	8			13	66
1 day before	9				90
2 days before	8				113

WEST BENGAL	SAMPLE TESTS	Home quarantine	Released	Institutional quarantine	Released
Total Today	62837	34414	69079	8980	22696
1 day before	57632	26357	68599	8146	21794
2 days before	52622	24296	68199	6978	21022
Today	5205	103493
1 day before	5010	94956
2 days before	5007	92495

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 14 May 2020: 

STATE

In the state  new cases 87 (1 day before-117, 2 days before- 110) and 8 death (1 day before-9, 2 days before-8) and 66 recovery (1 day before-90, 2 days before-113) is recorded today.

The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in West Bengal is 2377 (1 day before-2290, 2 days before-2173) while active cases is 1394 (1 day before-1381, 2 days before-1363) and death toll till now is 143 (1 day before-135, 2 days before-126). 

There is 72 death due to Co-morbidity while 768 (1 day before-702, 2 days before-612) are released after recovery. 

The testing of swab samples for Covid-19 in 21 ICMR testing labs is being done at a very good rate and today 5205 (1 day before-5010, 2 days before-5007) samples within 24 hour were tested that tally 62837 (1 day before-57632, 2 days before-52622) till now since day 1.   

Today 34414 (1 day before-26357, 2 days before-24296) persons are currently under home quarantine/ observation/ surveillance and total persons 103493 (1 day before-94956, 2 days before-92495) were in the home quarantine/ observation/ surveillance. 

Number of people released from home quarantine was 69079 (1 day before-68599, 2 days before-68199). 

Currently in the 582 institutional government quarantine centres there are 8980  (1 day before-8146, 2 days before-6978) persons and so far from these centres 22696 (1 day before-21794, 2 days before-21022) persons were released in the past. 

Currently in the state there are 68 Hospitals dedicated for treating COVID-19, 16 Government Covid hospitals and 52 Private Covid-19 hospitals.

Globally 4362996 Confirmed cases with 1558462 recovered cases and 297465 deaths is reported.