80 active & 88 recovered cases
Nagaland on Sunday registered five fresh COVID-19 positive cases while 12 more recovered from the deadly virus. With this, the state’s active cases stood at 80 and 88 recovered, taking the total tally to 168 cases.
Health minister S. Pangnyu Phom said that the 5 new cases of COVID-19 positive were reported out of 232 samples tested. Three cases were from Mon QC and two from Peren QC. All positive patients have been transferred to the respective COVID-19 hospitals.
He also informed that the 12 persons who had tested negative in their second test were from Dimapur. They have been shifted to the COVID-19 care centre for further observation and monitoring.
Results of 1097 awaited: Out of 5945 COVID-19 suspected samples sent for testing till date, 4848 were received and the results of 1097 samples are awaited, principal secretary Abhijit Sinha informed on Sunday.
A total of 6774 persons were currently under facility quarantine and 8212 out of home quarantine.