As many as 193 healthcare workers in Meghalaya tested positive for Covid-19 in the past one week, Health Department figures reveal.
That works out to an average of 27.57 per day, though most (133) have been recorded in East Khasi Hills.
As frontline workers, those in the healthcare service are at great risk of catching the virus and are thus a priority group when it comes to vaccination.
Friday saw the single highest increase, with 45 healthcare workers testing positive that day.
The highly contagious nature of the Omicron variant has meant that, worldwide, health services have been struggling to cope not just with higher patient numbers but with shortages of staff as those to test positive have to stay away from work.
