Nagaland active COVID-19 cases soar to 78 as state detects two more patients

Two more persons were tested positive for the COVID-19 in Nagaland taking the state’s total to 181 on June 17^th, 2020. Of the two cases, one each from Dimapur quarantine centre and Tuensang quarantine centre.

Informing this, Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister, S Pangnyu Phom tweeted:

He further added that 314 samples were tested for COVID-19; of which two were detected positive.

Of the 181 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 78 are active cases and 103 have been cured and discharged while the state has not registered any death case yet.

Also read: Assam: With 201 more COVID-19 cases, state tally reaches 4510

Nagaland and Northeast

Assam has highest number of COVID-10 cases in Northeast India followed by Tripura.

India COVID-19 cases so far

India has crossed 2 lakh-mark in terms of corona positives on June 3rd. As on June 17^th, the country currently has 354K confirmed COVID-19 cases, 155227 active cases with 186935 cured and discharged. The total number of deaths is 11903.

Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross 3 thousand deaths. It has recorded 113445 corona cases with 57851 cured, 5537 deaths, and 50057 active cases. The western state is followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Delhi has corona 44688 cases with 16500 cured, 1837 deaths, and 26351 active cases. Tamil Nadu has 48019 positive cases with 26782 cured, 528 deaths 20706 active cases. Gujarat with 24577 COVID-19 cases, so far, has 17082 have been cured, 1533 deaths, and 5962 active cases.

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