2 die of Covid : 172 in Darj, 28 in Darj Hills, 94 in Plains, 67 in SMC test positive, 86 admitted in Covid Block of NBMCH

Out of 1402 tests done 275 test positive, 277 recovered from Covid-19. 

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 17 June 2021: Reports received from district administration and collected from other sources regarding death, new cases, recovery, testing and treatment of Covid patients in the different Hospitals of North Bengal including Darjeeling district and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration during the last 24 hours is as follows:

6 Dies:

Bina Lama, 59 yr old of New Mal More Jalpaiguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Govind Karmakar, 57 yr old of Dinhatta Coochbehar died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Radha Rani Sarkar, 86 yr old of Subhaspalli Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Dipa Rajak, 30 yr old of Bhagat Sing Colony Jalpaiguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Chittaranjan Ghatak, 68 yr old of Maynaguri died today in a nursing home at Sevoke Road Siliguri.

Sonali Chandra, 48 yr old of Hakimpara Siliguri died today in a nursing home at Uttarayan Matigara Siliguri.

Patient missing:

A Black Fungus patient Tahira Bibi 58 yr old of Murshidabad is missing from NBMCH since today after she was informed about her infection.

275 tested positive Test report received from Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) at NBMCH

1402 swab samples received for Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) Tests in the districts of Darjeeling- 595, Kalimpong- 199, Jalpaiguri- 291, Alipurduar- 314. Of these samples 275 test positive.

67 in SMC:

67 of Siliguri Municipality Corporation (50 in Darjeeling and 17 in Jalpaiguri districts) test positive. 

172 in Darjeeling district:

172 positive cases reported in the district of Darjeeling, of which 50 are from the area of Darjeeling district of the SMC. 

28 of the Hills (5 in Darjeeling Municipality, 11 in Kurseong Municipality, 2 in Mirik, 10 in Bijanbari,)

94 of the plains (32 in Matigara, 25 in Naxalbari, 5 in Khoribari, 17 in Phansidewa, 15 in Sukuna) also test positive.

86 patients in NBMCH: (314 beds)

In the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, 86 patients are being treated for Covid-19 and suspected Covid-19 infection in the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital. In the Covid block there are 76 patients of which 20 are admitted in the CCU unit of the Covid Block I and 31 in Covid Block II (Chest & Cardiac Unit) of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH), 14 in Covid Block III (Female Medicine II) and 0 in HDU (Trauma care centre) and 7 in surgical isolation ward.

Beside this 4 children are also admitted in the newly opened Pediatric Covid Block of NBMCH having14 beds.

In addition to this during the last 24 hours, 10 serious patients are being treated in the two Isolation wards of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH). There are 5 patients in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) ward, 5 in Gynecological Maternity Isolation ward (ID III) and no patient in other Isolation ward -1. 

277 Discharged:

277 patients have been released from Covid hospitals that also includes home isolation patients but excluding patients in private hospitals and army establishments.