Our Reporter
Dimapur, Aug. 6 (EMN): Nagaland recorded 82 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state’s tally to 2,580 and 819 recoveries so far.
This was informed by the minister for Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom, in an update on Thursday.
“Tested 606 samples for Covid-19, out of which 82 cases came out positive. 58 cases in Dimapur, 22 in Kohima and 2 in Phek. Necessary contact tracing have been activated and all primary contacts are under self isolation,” the minister tweeted.
According to daily briefing by Home Commissioner Abhijit Sinha, all the positive persons are receiving medical care at the designated Covid-19 hospitals and Covid-19 care centres; active surveillance and contact tracing being undertaken to prevent further spreading of the infection.
“Out of the 2,580 positive cases, the total active cases are 1,752 and there are 6 deaths. As per the severity of symptoms, all the 1,752 active cases are asymptomatic. Further, out of the 2,580 positive cases, the distribution across various categories of people are: 1,117 cases from paramilitary/military, 1,048 cases from returnees, 182 cases from frontline workers, 180 cases are of traced contacts and 53 cases are others. The paramilitary forces in Nagaland in view of a large number of their personnel testing positive have decided as a precautionary measure to reschedule the induction of their personnel from outside the state” Sinha’s update read.
“Till date, a total of 26,968 samples have been sent for testing through RT-PCR and results of 25,244 samples have been received. In addition, a total of 17,773 samples have been sent for testing on TrueNat. A total of 2,199 persons are presently under facility quarantine,” it added.
