Five districts – Kiphire, Longleng, Phek, Wohka and Zunheboto – currently have only one ventilator each

Morung Express News 
Dimapur | June 24

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has allotted a total of 45 new ventilators to Nagaland, according to an update by a States’s minister. 

“Thankful to the @MHFW for allotment of 45 new Ventilators to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic. The facility will be distributed according to need basis, covering the entire Districts of the State,” informed Minister for Health & Family Welfare Nagaland, S Pangnyu Phom on Twitter on June 24, sharing the ‘unboxing’ photos of the ventilators. 

“Our effort to avail all basic medical requirements will continue to usher best service,” he added. 

Information on the photos suggested that the ventilators were allocated under the newly created Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES). 

The allotments are more than the number of ventilators the state currently possesses if one goes by the data given in the Nagaland COVID-19 Dashboard.  

As per the Dashboard, Nagaland had only 39 ventilators as of June 23, with Dimapur and Kohima having the most at 13 and 9 respectively. 

Five districts – Kiphire, Longleng, Phek, Wohka and Zunheboto – had only one each, while numbers in the rest of the districts ranged from 2-5.  

Meanwhile, Nagaland reported another 17 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday morning taking the state’s total infections to 347.

With number of recoveries unchanged for third consecutive days at 141, active cases stood at 206 of 10 AM on June 23, bringing down the recovery rate to 40.63% from 42.72% on June 23. 

7 districts in Nagaland – Dimapur, Kohima, Peren, Phek, Mon, Zunheboto and Tuensang - have so far reported one or more cases of COVID-19.

As per the data given on Nagaland COVID-19 Dashboard, out of the 347 cases, 240 were males and 107 were females.
Over 93% (or 326 persons) of the cases were among those belonging in the 18-44 years age group. There were 10 cases each in the 0-17 and 45- 64 years age groups. There was a single case in the 65 -74 age bracket. 

All cases were reported to be symptomatic.