14 more COVID-19 cases in Nagaland; tally rises to 94

Nagaland registered 14 more cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The total number of positive cases in the state has risen to 94. The fresh cases are among the 235 tested samples who have recently returned from Chennai. This was informed by state health minister S Pangnyu Phom in his official Twitter handle on Friday morning. […]

Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally touches 80 with 22 new +ve cases

Nagaland on Thursday reported 22 fresh cases of COVID-19. With this, the state’s total positive cases count has risen to 80. Nagaland Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said that 22 people, who returned to the state from Chennai have tested positive for the deadly virus. “Out of 171 samples tested at NHAK & Dibugarh, 22 […]

Nine more returnees test COVID-19 positive in Nagaland

Nine more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagaland on Wednesday. Of the fresh cases, 5 was detected in Dimapur and 4 in Kohima. Notably, all the fresh 9 cases are Chennai returnees that comprises of 5 male and 4 female. Nagaland Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom informed on his official Twitter handle, “Out […]

Six new COVID-19 cases reported in Nagaland; tally at 49

Six new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nagaland’s Dimapur after 90 new samples were tested on Tuesday. All the infected individuals have returned from Chennai recently. The state’s overall tally of coronavirus cases now stands at 49, with no recoveries. All the fresh cases have been reported from Dimapur. This takes the total […]

Nagaland: Judicial inquiry committee to probe Tuensang returnees transportation row

The Neiphiu Rio-led government has set up a three-member judicial inquiry committee to probe any violation of the standard operating procedure during the transportation of over 150 returnees to Tuensang from Kohima before their test results were out. The committee has been given 15 days’ time to submit its report. COVID-19 empowered committee has been […]

7 more test COVID-19 positive in Nagaland

The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Nagaland continues to rise as 7 more individuals tested positive for the deadly coronavirus on Friday. Among these fresh cases, 4 individuals have tested positive in Kohima, 2 in Dimapur while another case has been detected in Tuensang. It has been learnt that these fresh cases are among […]

9 new COVID-19 positive cases detected in Nagaland; tally rises to 18

Nine more positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Nagaland on Thursday. As per highly placed sources, the 9 fresh cases have been detected among individuals who have returned to the state from Chennai on May 22 after being stranded in the Tamil Nadu capital owing to the nationwide lockdown. It has been learnt […]

Nagaland reports 5 more COVID-19 positive cases; tally reaches 9

Nagaland reported five more cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the total number of infected to 9 in the state. Of the 5 cases, 4 have been reported from Dimapur while 1 person hails from Kohima. The patients are currently undergoing treatment at COVID-19 facilities in Dimapur and Kohima. Taking to Twitter Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom […]

Nagaland registers one more COVID-19 positive case

Another person, who returned from Chennai recently has tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagaland, taking the number of active cases in the state to 4. Contact tracing efforts have been initiated and primary contacts have been identified. “Another returnee from Chennai has been tested COVID-19 positive at Kohima. With this, we have 4 active cases. […]