Nagaland for the fifth consecutive Day on Sunday reported more recoveries than fresh COVID-19 cases as 79 people were cured of the disease while 28 new infections pushed the tally to 9,075, a health department official said. The state's COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 82.12 per cent, the official said.
The new COVID-19 cases were reported from Dimapur Kohima, Mon and Longleng districts.
“28 positive cases of COVID-19 detected today Dimapur 22, Kohima 4, Mon and Longleng districts one each, Also, 79 positive patients have recovered Dimapur 71, Mon 5, Peren 3,” Health and Family Welfare minister S Pangnyu Phom tweeted.
Of the total 9,075 COVID-19 cases, 1,499 are active cases while7,454 people have recovered from the disease, said Additional Director of Health Department, Dr Denis Hangsing in the daily COVID-19 bulletin.
The state has so far reported death of 41 COVID-19 infected patients of which 33 are due to contagion, six are not related to COVID-19 and two are under investigation, he said. Altogether 81 COVID-19 patients have migrated to other states, he said.
Dimapur district has the highest number of COVID-19 cases at 5,070 followed by Kohima (2,694), Mon (496), Peren (306), Tuensang (152), Zunheboto (138), Mokokchung (113), Phek (36), Wokha (29), Kiphire (23) and Longleng (18).
Of the total COVID-19 cases in the state, 3,950 are armed forces or security personnel, 3,025 are traced contacts, 1,658 returnees from other states and 442 frontline workers, he said.
A total of 98,575 samples have been tested for COVID- 19 in the state so far, he said.
A total of 60,941 samples have been tested through RT-PCR, while 33,690 samples on TruNat and 3,944 on Rapid Antigen Test in the state, said Dr Hangsing.