Our Reporter
Dimapur, July 10 (EMN): Nagaland recorded 59 more Covid-19 positive cases to take the state’s tally past the 700-mark on Friday.
According to Home Commissioner Abhijit Sinha, the total positive cases in Nagaland was 732.
In his daily briefing, the home commissioner informed that all the positive cases were receiving medical care at the designated Covid-19 hospitals and Covid-19 care centres.
“Further, active surveillance and contact tracing is in progress to prevent further spreading of the infection. Out of the 732 positive cases, the total active cases are 428, and 304 have recovered. As per the severity of symptoms, 424 active cases are asymptomatic and four active cases are mild.
“Till date, a total of 15,431 samples have been sent for testing through RT-PCR. Results of 14,662 samples have been received. Out of the 15,431 samples, 9,750 samples have been received at the BSL-3 lab at the Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) and a total of 9,649 samples have been tested, out of which 521 samples have tested positive. Further at BSL 2 Lab at CIHSR, Dimapur, 1,174 samples have been processed and 73 samples have been tested positive,” he informed.
Also, a total of 9,005 samples have been sent for testing on TrueNat machines, Sinha said.
“Results of 8,740 samples have been received. 249 cases have tested positive, and have been sent for confirmation by RT-PCR. A total of 3614 persons are presently under facility quarantine,” he informed.