There were 10 recorded Covid-related deaths in Meghalaya over the past two days, as the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic took the state’s death toll from the disease past 1,500.
Four deaths were logged on January 26 and another six today. All four from Wednesday were in East Khasi Hills. Today three were in East Khasi Hills, two in Eastern West Khasi Hills and one in South West Khasi Hills. There have now been 25 Covid-related fatalities in the state this month.
There were also 288 new cases today, along with 361 recoveries. This is the first time since January 3 in which recoveries have outnumbered infections.
East Khasi Hills recorded 197 new cases (including 18 health workers and 16 returnees), West Garo Hills 38 (all through screening), Ri-Bhoi 13, North Garo Hills seven, South Garo Hills seven, Eastern West Khasi Hills six, West Jaiñtia Hills six, South West Garo Hills five, South West Khasi Hills five, East Garo Hills two and West Khasi Hills two.
East Khasi Hills accounted for 262 recoveries, West Garo Hills 69, Ri-Bhoi seven, West Jaiñtia Hills seven, South Garo Hills five, West Khasi Hills five, East Jaiñtia Hills three, East Garo Hills one, Eastern West Khasi Hills one and South West Garo Hills one.
There are now 2,415 active Covid-19 cases in the state. East Khasi Hills alone accounts for 1,466 active cases, West Garo Hills 422, Ri-Bhoi 183, West Jaiñtia Hills 75, North Garo Hills 46, South West Khasi Hills 42, Eastern West Khasi Hills 41, South West Garo Hills 40, East Jaiñtia Hills 32, West Khasi Hills 25, South Garo Hills 24 and East Garo Hills 19.
In all, Meghalaya has had 89,841 Covid-19 cases, of which 2,415 are active, 85,917 have recovered and 1,509 have died from the virus. The seven-day average of new infections is 348.14.
