Nagaland Covid-19 update: One more returnee from Chennai tests positive

Our Correspondent

Kohima, May 26 (EMN): One more returnee from Chennai has been tested positive for Covid-19 at BSL-3 virology laboratory in Kohima on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in Nagaland to four so far.

This was informed by state's Health minister S Pangnyu Phom on Tuesday morning.

"Another returnee from Chennai has been tested #Covid-19 positive at Kohima. With this, we have four active cases. Contact tracing are being activated," he tweeted.

The announcement came a day after the state recorded its first Covid-19 case as three persons, all returnees from Chennai in Tamil Nadu, were tested positive for the virus.

The first three patients -- two from Dimapur and one from Kohima -- are currently undergoing treatment at their respective district Covid-19 hospitals -- District Hospital Dimapur and Ayushman, Chedema.