No new Covid-19 cases detected in last eight days

Our Reporter
Dimapur, March 21 (EMN): Nagaland’s Covid-19 tally remained unchanged at 12225 on Sunday as no new positive cases were detected for eight consecutive days.

The minister for Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom informed that no positive case and recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours.

According to the information provided by the Health department, the state has two active asymptomatic cases, 11978 recoveries and 91 deaths out of which 10 have been ruled ‘not Covid-related’.

In regard to district-wise distribution of Covid-19 cases, Kohima has one asymptomatic case and one mild case in Mokokchung, while the remaining nine districts are Covid-free.

India adds nearly 44K new Covid cases, highest since Nov.

Meanwhile, India is witnessing a massive surge in coronavirus cases and recorded 43,846 infections in the last 24 hours, highest so far since November, taking the total tally to 1,15,99,130 on Sunday.

A single-day spike of 44, 489 new infections were recorded on November 26. The country has been registering an increase in cases for the eleventh consecutive day.

According to the Health Ministry, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana are exhibiting a steep rise in daily cases.

The Central government is closely monitoring and actively engaging with the states and union territory over the rising cases in the country.

With the death of 197 people in the last 24 hours, the fatality toll has reached 1, 59, 755 in India. The active caseload in the country has mounted to 3, 09, 087.

With the discharge of 22,956 patients in a day, a total of 1, 11, 30, 288 persons have been discharged so far. A total of 11, 33, 602 tests were done on Friday.

So far, 4.46 crore doses of corona vaccine have been administered in the country since the drive began on January 16 after the approval for 'Covishield' and 'Covaxin'.

More than 16.12 lakh doses were administered on a single day on Saturday.