Eastern Mirror Desk
Dimapur, Oct. 16 (EMN): Nagaland witnessed a slight increase in Weekly Covid-19 positivity rate, recording 2.9% in the week ending October 15 compared to 2.1% in the week before.
The weekly bulletin issued by the department of Health and Family Welfare informed that 137 new Covid cases were detected out of the 4,765 samples tested last week and the number of fatalities was five – two each in Dimapur and Kohima, one in Phek --, while 145 infections and three deaths were reported in the previous week.
“There were 37 new Covid-19 hospital admissions in the week (Dimapur: 19, Kohima: 12, others: 6),” stated the update.
The update went on to inform that 11.34 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered across the state with Dimapur, Kohima, Longleng and Mokokchung districts recording highest coverage.