Dimapur woman tests COVID-19 positive at private hospital after death

Guwahati: A Dimapur woman who passed away around 1:30 am on Wednesday is said to have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 through the TrueNat method at a private hospital.

According to a relative of the deceased woman, she was suffering from fever since a week ago; she reportedly started having breathing difficulties a couple of days back.

According to reports, the Dimapur woman was on oxygen support at home with safety measures and was awaiting the result of her RT-PCR COVID-19 test.

Despite her deteriorating health, the authorities could not shift her to the hospital as she was not a confirmed COVID-19 patient. Thus, her family gave her oxygen support and watched in agony as her life ebbed away. Her condition grew critical around 1 am on Wednesday and the Dimapur woman finally breathed her last in the night.

In wake of the spike in Coronavirus cases, the Nagaland government on Thursday extended the ongoing lockdown measures in the state till August 31. Further, the state government has also notified a single Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all the districts to contain the spread of the virus.

The spike in Nagaland's cases has come at a time when India is witnessing its biggest COVID-19 surge yet. For eight consecutive days, the country has reported spikes of more than 50,000 cases.

India's COVID-19 tally reached 19,64,537 today, with 56,282 cases being reported in a day. Recoveries rose to 13,28,336 including 46,121 in past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data. There are 5,95,501 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presently while the recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has gone up to 67.19%.

As many as 904 patients succumbed to coronavirus infection in past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 40,699.

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