The State on Wednesday recorded nine Covid-19 fatalities even as new Covid-19 cases outnumbered the recoveries.
Director of Health Services (MI), Dr. Aman War informed that of the nine deaths, Ri-Bhoi recorded four, East Khasi Hills recorded three, South West Khasi Hills and West Jaintia Hills recorded one each.
The State also recorded 482 new cases and 434 recovered from the virus.
With the latest figures, the number of death cases has mounted to 797, there are 4312 active cases and so far 41349 have recovered from the virus.
Of the 482 new cases, East Khasi Hills recorded 157, Ri-Bhoi 87, West Garo Hills 59, South West Khasi Hills 42, East Garo Hills 38, West Jaintia Hills 31, North Garo Hills 22, South West Garo Hills 19, West Khasi Hills 13, South Garo Hills 11 and East Jaintia Hills three.
The district-wise distribution of active cases is – East Khasi Hills 1333, Ri-Bhoi 581, West Garo Hills 574, West Jaintia Hills 573, East Garo Hills 279, South West Khasi Hills 235, North Garo Hills 230, South West Garo Hills 191, South Garo Hills 138, West Khasi Hills 104 and East Jaintia Hills 74.
Meanwhile, 11,562 persons were vaccinated on Wednesday taking the total number of doses till date to 6,29,034.
So far a total of 5,53,488 persons have received the first dose and 75,546 the second dose.
