From Bhadra Gogoi
Dimapur: A total of 56 COVID-19 positive cases were detected today, taking the state’s tally to 9,207.
Principal secretary (home) Abhijit Sinha, in his briefing, said of the 56 new cases, 27 were recorded in Dimapur, 24 in Kohima, two each in Mon and Tuensang and one in Phek.
He said out of the 9,207 positive cases, 7,934 people have recovered so far while the active cases stood at 1,143. There have been 38 deaths due to the virus.
As per the severity of symptoms, 1,091 active cases are asymptomatic, 34 mild, eight moderate and on oxygen, six severe and on oxygen and four are on ventilator, he said.
Of the 9,207 positive cases, 3,977 are from the armed forces/ police, 1,664 returnees, 3,120 traced contacts and 446 frontline workers.
Sinha said a total of 63,055 samples have been sent for testing through RT-PCR and results of 61,850 samples have been received. He added that 33,973 samples have been sent for testing on Truenat and results of 33,945 samples have been received. Through rapid antigen test, 4,207 samples have been tested.
