4 die of Covid : 133 in Darj, 45 in Darj Hills, 45 in Plains, 56 in SMC test positive, 68 admitted in Covid Block of NBMCH

Out of 1123 tests done 103 test positive, 157 recovered from Covid-19. 

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 25 June 2021: Reports received from Darjeeling 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:

4 Dies

Ashis Kundu, 77 yr old of Banarhat Jalpaiguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH.

Nitendra Lal Das, 69 yr old of Rabindra Sarani Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Lakhindra Debnath, 65 yr old of Naxalbari Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Soma Das, 32 yr old of Maynaguri died today in a nursing home in Siliguri

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

1123 swab samples received for Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) Tests in the districts of Darjeeling- 684, Kalimpong- 94, Jalpaiguri- 183, Alipurduar- 162. Of these samples 103 test positive.

Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar

56 in SMC:

56 of Siliguri Municipality Corporation (43 in Darjeeling and 13 in Jalpaiguri districts) test positive. 

133 in Darjeeling district:

133 positive cases reported in the district of Darjeeling, of which 43 are from the area of Darjeeling district of the SMC. 

45 of the Hills (5 in Darjeeling Municipality, 1 in Kurseong Municipality, 13 in Mirik, 8 in Bijanbari, 3 in Sukhiapokhari, 15 in Takdah)

45 of the plains (13 in Matigara, 13 in Naxalbari, 3 in Khoribari, 3 in Phansidewa, 13 in Sukuna) also test positive.

68 patients in NBMCH: (364 beds)

In the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, 68 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 58 patients of which 25 are admitted in the CCU unit of the Covid Block I and 15 in Covid Block II (Chest & Cardiac Unit) of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH), 6 in Covid Block III (Female Medicine II) and 5 in HDU (Trauma care centre) and 5 in surgical isolation ward.

Beside this 2 children are also admitted in the Pediatric Covid Block of NBMCH.

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 no patient in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) ward, 10 in Gynecological Maternity Isolation ward (ID III) and no patient in other Isolation ward -1. 

157 Discharged:

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