Nagaland Covid-19 update: 14 more tested positive; tally stands at 94

Our Reporter

Dimapur, June 5 (EMN): 14 more Chennai returnees have been tested positive for Covid-19 at the bio-safety level-3 (BSL-3) virology lab in Kohima on Friday, June 5 taking the total number of positive cases in Nagaland to 94.

This was informed by Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom through a social media update on Friday morning.

“14 new cases of Covid-19 has been reported in the last 24 hours out of the 235 samples tested. All the samples tested were from Chennai returnees,”  the minister tweeted.

Nagaland recorded its first three cases three Covid-19 positive cases on May 25. The fourth case was reported on May 26. Five more cases were recorded on May 27 taking the positive cases to nine.

The cases doubled as the state recorded a total of nine fresh cases, a third-highest single-day increase of positive cases so far, taking the tally to 18 Covid-19 positive cases in Nagaland on May 28.

Seven more returnees from Chennai were tested positive for Covid-19 on May 29, taking the count to 25 on Friday. The state recorded a second-highest single-day increase in the number of cases as eleven more returnees tested positive for the virus on May 30, taking the count to 36.

The number of cases went higher as seven more returnees tested positive for the virus on May 31, taking the tally to 43 in Nagaland.

No positive case was recorded on June 1. Six more returnees from Chennai tested positive for the virus on June 2, taking the total number of positive cases of Nagaland to 49.

 Nine more returnees tested positive for the virus on June 3, taking the tally to 58 in the state.

The state recorded its highest single-day increase on June 4 as 22 returnees from Chennai tested positive for the virus.