NE NEWS SERVICE
KOHIMA, JUNE 4
Nagaland on Thursday registered the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases with 22 infections, Health and Family Welfare Minister S Pangnya Phom said.
With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state has increased to 80. All the 22 people returned from Chennai recently, he said.
“Out of 171 samples tested at the BSL-3 Lab at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima and Dibrugarh in Assam, 22 more returnees from Chennai have tested COVID-19 positive,” the minister tweeted.
A health department official said one of the 22 cases is in Peren district and has been shifted to a hospital in Jalukie town and the rest to a hospital in Dimapur.
Of the total 80 cases, Dimapur district has reported 57, followed by Kohima (17), Tuensang (5) and Peren (1).