Meghalaya recorded 450 new Covid-19 cases, seven deaths and 542 recoveries today, the Health Department informed.
All seven fatalities were added to East Khasi Hills’ figures. Today’s numbers took the total number of deaths related to Covid in the state since the pandemic began to 750.
East Khasi Hills accounted for 151 of today’s reported infections. That took the district’s seven-day rolling average of new cases up for the second time in consecutive days, though the increase remained small at 0.28.
West Garo Hills reported 74 new cases, West Jaintia Hills 69, South West Garo Hills 41, North Garo Hills 26, Ri-Bhoi 22, East Garo Hills 21, South Garo Hills 17, West Khasi Hills 14, South West Khasi Hills 12 and East Jaintia Hills three.
There were also 542 recoveries today – 219 in East Khasi Hills, 123 in West Garo Hills, 66 in West Jaintia Hills, 35 in Ri-Bhoi, 26 in South West Khasi Hills, 20 in South West Garo Hills, 17 in East Jaintia Hills, 12 in North Garo Hills, 10 in East Garo Hills, seven in West Khasi Hills and seven in South Garo Hills.
There are now 4,430 active Covid-19 cases in the state. East Khasi Hills alone accounts for 1,607 active cases, West Garo Hills 678, West Jaintia Hills 594, Ri-Bhoi 354, South West Garo Hills 248, North Garo Hills 233, South West Khasi Hills 217, East Garo Hills 170, West Khasi Hills 146, South Garo Hills 106 and East Jaintia Hills 77.
In all, Meghalaya has had 42,759 Covid-19 cases, of which 4,430 are active, 37,579 have recovered and 750 have died from the virus. The recovery rate has increased 87.89 percent. The fatality rate has decreased to 1.75 percent. The seven-day rolling average for new cases is 460.57.
