Fresh COVID-19 cases outnumber recoveries in Nagaland after 9 days
Kohima Sep 18 PTI Fresh COVID-19 cases outnumbered single-day recoveries in Nagaland after nine consecutive days as 60 more people tested positive for the infection while 37 people were cured of the disease on Saturday The new cases pushed the northeastern states COVID-19 tally to 30840 while one fresh fatality took the death toll to 653 a health bulletin said Tuensang district registered the highest number of new cases at 21 followed by Dimapur 20 and Kohima 12 it said adding that the fresh fatality was recorded in Dimapur The state now has 491 active cases while 28752 people have been cured of the disease and 944 patients have migrated to other states so far The recovery rate slightly dipped to 9322 per cent from 9329 per cent on the previous day Nagaland has tested over 356 lakh samples for COVID-19 thus far and inoculated over 676 lakh people of whom 291 lakh have been fully vaccinated PTI NBS ACD ACD
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Kohima Sep 18 PTI Fresh COVID-19 cases outnumbered single-day recoveries in Nagaland after nine consecutive days as 60 more people tested positive for the infection while 37 people were cured of the disease on Saturday The new cases pushed the northeastern states COVID-19 tally to 30840 while one fresh fatality took the death toll to 653 a health bulletin said Tuensang district registered the highest number of new cases at 21 followed by Dimapur 20 and Kohima 12 it said adding that the fresh fatality was recorded in Dimapur The state now has 491 active cases while 28752 people have been cured of the disease and 944 patients have migrated to other states so far The recovery rate slightly dipped to 9322 per cent from 9329 per cent on the previous day Nagaland has tested over 356 lakh samples for COVID-19 thus far and inoculated over 676 lakh people of whom 291 lakh have been fully vaccinated PTI NBS ACD ACD