Meghalaya registers 39 new COVID-19 positive cases

SHILLONG: Meghalaya on Tuesday recorded 39 new COVID-19 cases. The State also recorded six recoveries on Tuesday, with East Khasi Hills accounting for four of those (BSF: three; others: one); West Garo Hills: two (a BSF personnel and a civilian). So far, the State has 685 recoveries.

Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman Warr informed that of the 39 cases, East Khasi Hills recorded 27 cases (BSF: 11, armed forces: seven, and others: nine); Ri-Bhoi: three; West Garo Hills: seven (BSF: two, others: five); and one each from East Jaintia Hills and South West Garo Hills.

Dr Warr further informed that the total active cases now stands at 766. East Khasi Hills recording the maximum number of 446 cases (BSF: 80, armed forces: 77, and others: 289); followed by West Garo Hills: 189; Ri-Bhoi: 103; North Garo Hills: eight; East Jaintia Hills: six; four each from South West Garo Hills and West Jaintia Hills; West Khasi Hills: three; South Garo Hills: two; and South West Khasi Hills: one;

Dr. Warr informed that of the 27 people who tested positive in East Khasi Hills, while 11 are BSF personnel, and seven are from the armed forces. The other nine are civilians (three are returnees from Assam, four tested positive during random testing at Rilbong, one is a contact of a positive person at MIMHANS and another is a contact of a police personnel who tested positive).

The Director of Health Services also informed that of the three people who tested positive in Ri-Bhoi on Tuesday, three are high risk contacts of a positive person and one is a high risk contact of a positive person at Mawsmai near the inter-State border with Assam.

In East Jaintia Hills, the lone person who tested positive is a returnee from Dubai; in South West Garo Hills, the lone case is that of a returnee from Silchar in Assam; and in West Garo Hills while two are BSF personnel, one is a returnee from Assam and four tested positive during random testing at Tikrikilla.

Meanwhile, the number of samples sent for testing till Tuesday afternoon is 44,234. Of these, while 42,330 samples tested negative, the report of 447 others are being awaited.

Altogether 28,793 citizens of the State have entered Meghalaya so far, said Dr Warr.

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