Nagaland on Tuesday registered its highest one-day spike of 82 COVID-19 positive cases this year, taking the total caseload to 12,650. As per data recorded on Tuesday, Dimapur alone reported 70 cases, while Kohima recorded 11 cases and Tuensang one. And with this, the active cases in the State also rose to 257.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that 30 passengers who had arrived by air here on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19. Out of the 294 air passengers that arrived on April 17, samples of 58 passengers were taken and results of 30 returned positive.
Further, out of the 242 air passengers that arrived on April 18, 13 persons had tested positive from 44 of those whose samples were tested. Of the 70 COVID positive cases registered in Dimapur on Tuesday, 49 were returnees/travellers, 18 traced contacts and three were from the armed forces/security personnel.
Meanwhile, with Dimapur registering this year’s highest single-day spike of cases, there is growing apprehension about the status of returnees from Assam, where many migrants had gone to for the Assembly polls held recently. Assam on Tuesday recorded 1,651 fresh COVID cases and seven deaths.
Some suspect that the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Assam could be linked to election rallies and campaigns held in view of the three-phase Assembly polls that concluded on April 6. It may be mentioned that many election rallies were held across Assam, where most participants as well as politicians failed to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour. With a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, several North East states have taken diverse actions, including imposition of night curfew and closure of educational institutions, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease.
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