326 new Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths recorded in Nagaland

Our Reporter     
Dimapur, May 20 (EMN): Nagaland recorded 326 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, pushing the state’s tally to 19.284.

The minister of Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom, updated that out of the 326 new cases detected in the last 24 hours, 161 were in Dimapur, 100 in Kohima, 16 in Tuensang, 14 in Zunheboto, 12 each in Mokokchung and Mon, seven in Phek, two in Wokha and one each in Longleng and Peren.

He added that, 218 positive patients – 118 in Dimapur, 78 in Kohima, 15 in Mokokchung, three in Longleng and two each in Peren and Zunheboto — recovered during the same period.

According to the Health and Family Welfare Department update, the state currently has 4519 active Covid-19 cases, out of which 4127 are asymptomatic, 198 mild, 75 moderate on oxygen, 67 severe on oxygen, 38 in ICU without ventilator and 14 in ICU on ventilator.

The state has also registered 13,924 recoveries so far and 234 deaths, out of which 11 have been ruled “not Covid-related”.

In regard to district-wise distribution of active Covid-19 cases, Dimapur has 2,555, 1371 in Kohima, 156 in Mon, 102 in Mokokchung, 85 in Tuensang, 73 in Zunheboto, 46 in Phek, 42 in Longleng, 37 in  Kiphire, 31 in Wokha, and 21 in Peren.