3 die in Siliguri; 119 new Covid cases in Darj dist

SMC stickers for home isolation patients. withdrawal of barricades. or ribbons from the entrance of a house or an individual flat of Covid patients had made it tough to identify the number of infected persons

SNS, SILIGURI, 3 NOVEMBER 2020 : Three persons, including two residents of Mainaguri in Jalpaiguri district, died at two dedicated hospitals for Covid- 19 in Siliguri in the past 24 hours, sources said.

A 60-year-old resident of Sukanta Pally in Siliguri died today at Dr Chhang's (Covid) Hospital at Matigara, while a 55-year-old resident of Mainaguri, who had been admitted to the Desun (Covid) Hospital at Kawakhali on 26 October, also died there. Another 56-year-old from the same place died at the hospital last night.

Meanwhile, Darjeeling district recorded 119 new Covid 19 cases today, sources said. the cases included 47 in the SMC, one in Darjeeling Municipality, five in Kharibari, six in Sukna, three in Kurseong Municipality, 24 in Matigara, eight in Mirik, 17 in Naxalbari, six in Phansidewa, one in Pulbazaar-Bijanbari and one in Sukhia Pokhari.

Twenty cases were also detected in the Jalpaiguri portion of the SMC, sources said.

55 new cases in Malda

Another 55 samples were tested positive for Covid-19 in Malda last night, 50 at the VRDL in the Malda Medical College and Hospital, and five through rapid antigen tests, sources said.

44 in South Dinajpur

Forty-four new Covid patients have been detected in South Dinajpur, taking the total number of affected persons there to 685, sources said. On the other hand, 30 more patients have been discharged from the Covid hospital.

SMC stickers for home isolation patients

The chairperson of the board of administrators of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), Asok Bhattacharya, today said the withdrawal of barricades. or ribbons from the entrance of a house or an individual flat of Covid patients had made it tough to identify the number of infected persons. Mr Bhattacharya said the SMC will paste stickers on the 'Do's and Don'ts' for patients in home isolation.

According to him, he had received reports in many cases that asymptowhomatic patients and their family members,  had been tested negative, were roaming around freely.

"Following the withdrawal of the barricades or ribbons, it has become difficult to identify positive patients. It is a matter of concern. The government should look into whether protocols are flouted. We have decided that henceforth the civic body will paste stickers on the Covid guidelines at residences of patients under home isolation. I will request people to adhere to the 'Do's and Don'ts'," he said.

He said yellow packets will be distributed again for home isolation patients for biomedical waste.