There were just 187 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in Meghalaya today, the lowest number since April 29. There were also 479 recoveries and 11 new fatalities.
New cases are usually lower on Mondays as the state emerges from the weekend. However, today’s figure of 187 is still low compared to previous weeks. East Khasi Hills recorded 95 new cases, the lowest since July 13, while the other 10 districts combined reported just 92 new infections, which is the lowest going back to May 5.
Five deaths today were in East Khasi Hills, two in Ri-Bhoi, two in West Khasi Hills, one in South Garo Hills and one in East Jaiñtia Hills. Nine of the 11 were unvaccinated, the Health Department informed.
East Khasi Hills recorded 95 new cases today, West Jaiñtia Hills 28, West Garo Hills 21, West Khasi Hills 19, Ri-Bhoi 13 and all the others reported 11 together.
East Khasi Hills accounted for 221 recoveries, West Garo Hills 59, West Jaiñtia Hills 58, Ri-Bhoi 47, West Khasi Hills 31, South West Khasi Hills 22, East Jaiñtia Hills 10, South Garo Hills nine, South West Garo Hills eight, North Garo Hills seven and East Garo Hills seven.
There are now 4,734 active Covid-19 cases in the state. East Khasi Hills alone accounts for 1,795 active cases, West Khasi Hills 813, West Garo Hills 597, West Jaiñtia Hills 526, Ri-Bhoi 473, South West Khasi Hills 228, East Jaiñtia Hills 76, East Garo Hills 64, North Garo Hills 62, South West Garo Hills 51 and South Garo Hills 49.
In all, Meghalaya has had 69,358 Covid-19 cases, of which 4,734 are active, 63,450 have recovered and 1,174 have died from the virus. The recovery rate has risen to 91.48 percent. The fatality rate rose to 1.69 percent. The seven-day rolling average for new cases dropped to 488.43 and decreased for new deaths to 9.29.
