Dimapur, August 17 (MExN): Nagaland reported two more COVID deaths from Kohima and 79 fresh cases on Tuesday, according to a health bulletin.
The health department’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) bulletin informed that Dimapur registered 50 fresh cases, Kohima 11, Longleng 1, Mokokchung 15, Peren 1 and Wokha 1. The new cases were from among 1,527 samples that were tested on Tuesday, returning a daily positivity rate of 5.17 percent.
A total of 137 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, as per the bulletin. Of the 137 recoveries, Dimapur recorded 48, Kohima 28, Mokokchung 12, Mon 1, Peren 19, Tuensang 11 and Wokha 18.
As on August 17, the cumulative tally of cases in the state now stands at 29,274 out of which 1,088 are active cases and 26,738 have recovered from the infection.
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