Eastern Mirror Desk
Dimapur, Jan. 29 (EMN): Nagaland saw a 43% increase in Covid-19 cases over the previous week (582 cases and two deaths) with a total of 832 infections and seven deaths being reported this week ending January 28.
The Health department’s bulletin informed that Dimapur accounted for 72% of all the new cases reported this week and the state’s weekly sample positivity rate increased from 10.6% to 19% with Tuensang (25%), Dimapur (23.2%), Wokha (21.2%), Kohima (15.2%), Mokokchung (11.4%) and Peren (11.8%) recording more than 10% rise.
Of the seven reported from the week, six were in Dimapur and one in Mokokchung, while 50 hospitalisations were recorded this week compared to 22 in the previous week, which is a 127% increase.
Pointing out that there are many unreported cases, the Health department said that those with symptoms should be considered Covid-19 positive unless tested negative at this stage of community transmission.
It informed that14.64 lakh doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state so far, and this includes 44,642 teenagers aged between 15-18 years. A total 11,410 precautionary doses have also been administered for HCW, FLW and those under ‘at-risk’ category (people with comorbidities and elderly aged above 60 years).
It stressed on the need for urgent vaccination of ‘at-risk’ groups and booster dose if eligible, pointing out that eight out of 10 deaths reported this month were found to have existing comorbidities.