1 die of Covid : 71 in Darj, 19 in Darj Hills, 23 in Plains, 37 in SMC test positive, 29 admitted in Covid Block of NBMCH

Out of 1553 tests done 13 test positive, 122 recovered from Covid-19. 

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 14 July 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:

1 Dies 

Parikshit Malakar, 62 yr old of Tilak Sadhu Road Rabindra Sarani Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

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

1553 swab samples received for Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) Tests in the districts of Darjeeling- 927, Kalimpong- 262, Jalpaiguri- 200, Alipurduar- 164. Of these samples 13 test positive.

37 in SMC:

37 of Siliguri Municipality Corporation (29 in Darjeeling and 8 in Jalpaiguri districts) test positive. 

71 in Darjeeling district:

71 positive cases reported in the district of Darjeeling, of which 23 are from the area of Darjeeling district of the SMC. 

19 of the Hills (3 in Darjeeling Municipality, 0 in Kurseong Municipality, 5 in Mirik, 4 in Bijanbari, 7 in Sukhiapokhari, 0 in Takdah)

23 of the plains (0 in Khoribari, 15 in Matigara, 3 in Naxalbari, 2 in Phansidewa, 3 in Sukuna) also test positive.

29 patients in NBMCH: (364 beds)

In the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, 29 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 26 patients of which  9 are admitted in the CCU unit of the Covid Block I and 3 in Covid Block II (Chest & Cardiac Unit) of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH), 9 in Covid Block III (Female Medicine II) and 2 in HDU (Trauma care centre) 3 in surgical isolation ward.

There is no patient in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) ward, 3 in Gynecological Maternity Isolation ward (ID III) and no patient in other Isolation ward -1. 

Beside this no children is admitted in the Pediatric Covid Block of NBMCH.

During the last 24 hours, no serious patients are being treated in the two Isolation wards of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH).

122 Discharged:

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