Nagaland reports 33 fresh COVID cases
Kohima, Dec 17 (PTI) The detection of 33 fresh cases of coronavirus infection raised Nagaland's tally to 11,820 on Thursday, health department officials said.
In a tweet, Health and Family Welfare Minister S Pangnyu Phom said, '33 +ve cases of # COVID-19 have been detected today. Kohima- Mokokchung- 13 each, Tuensang- 6, Mon- 1. Also, 76 +ve patients have recovered. Kohima- 64, Tuensang- 6, Wokha- 4, Zunheboto- 2.' The caseload includes 11,071 recovered people while 547 are active patients, he said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the state remained unchanged at 73. Ten of them succumbed due to comorbidities, an official said.
Altogether 129 patients have migrated to other states.
So far, a total of 1,18,202 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in Nagaland, the official said.
Meanwhile, the Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Department asserted that the state is fully prepared for the COVID-19 vaccination process.
Addressing a press conference here, Mission Director of National Health Mission Nagaland, Dr Kevichusa Medikhru, said that state level training for COVID-19 vaccination has been completed and that at the district level would be over before the Christmas.
He said that the state has a total of 119 cold chain points for storage of COVID-19 vaccine. PTI NBS NN NN
