93 new cases take Nagaland count to 2,498

KOHIMA: Nagaland coronavirus count rose to 2,498 on Wednesday after 93 more people tested positive, health and family welfare minister S Pangnyu Phom said.

“Ninety-three new positive cases have been confirmed out of 455 samples tested. Of them, 88 are from Dimapur and five are from Kohima,” Phom said in a statement.

The state now has 1,804 active cases, while 685 patients have recovered from the disease, seven died and two migrated to other states, a health official said. Of the total caseload, armed forces and paramilitary personnel accounted for 1,078 infections, while 1,045 were returnees and 167 frontline workers, the official said. The remaining cases are traced contacts and others.

Dimapur has reported 51% of the confirmed cases at 1,296, followed by 539 in state capital Kohima, 238 in Mon and 252 in Peren districts.