Comparative data of Test, Positivity, Recovery and Mortality rates in Nagaland and India as of August 7 by Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Department of Health and Family Welfare Nagaland. (Image: IDSP Nagaland handout / Morung Photo)
Morung Express News
Dimapur | August 9
Nagaland has one of the poorest recovery rates in the country with 32.5% as against the national average of 68.78% as on August 9.
However, the State Health Department’s weekly bulletin issued on Saturday said that a major cause for the lesser recovery rate is the stricter policy of discharge in the State where a negative test is still mandatory.
The Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India (GOI) does not require a negative test for discharge of mild and symptomatic cases.
However, according to the State H&FW department, a negative test is mandatory for discharge, due to which the reported recovery cases are lower.
Against the total number of 2781 positive cases in the state, the number of recoveries reported in the Nagaland COVID-19 bulletin was 904 as on August 9.
