Nagaland Covid-19 update: 16 more test positive; tally stands at 371

Our Reporter

Dimapur, June 26 (EMN): Sixteen fresh cases of Covid-19 have been reported as returnees tested positive for the virus on June 26, Friday, taking the total number of positive cases to 371 in the state.

This was informed by the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom, through a social media update on Friday morning.

"16 new cases of Covid-19 positive have been reported out of 539 samples tested. 15 patients from Kohima QC and 1 from Peren QC,” the minister tweeted at 9:20 am on Thursday morning.

Till date, Health authorities in Nagaland have declared 160 patients as ‘recovered’. As per the Health department’s update, there are 211 active cases in the state.

It may be mentioned that Nagaland recorded its first Covid-19 positive cases on May 25 when three returnees tested positive for the virus.

The number of positive cases breached 100-mark as 13 returnees from Chennai tested positive for the virus, taking the state’s tally to 107 on June 6.

Subsequently, the number of positive cases crossed the 300-mark of Covid-19 cases as 50 returnees tested positive for the virus, taking the state's tally to 330 on June 23.

Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 recovered cases in the state reached 100-mark on June 16 as 11 more returnees tested negative for Covid-19 in their second tests on Tuesday, taking the recovery tally to 103 in the state.

On June 25, five frontline workers, including four bus drivers and a receptionist at the Covid-19 hospital (NHAK) have been tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said on Thursday.

While a security jawan posted on duty at a quarantine centre in Mon was been detected with Covid-19 through TrueNat machine. Test results awaits.