Nagaland COVID-19 Status as of June 24, 10:30 PM. (Morung Graphic)
Morung Express News
Kohima | June 24
Fifteen army personnel at the Jakhama Cantonment in Kohima have tested COVID-19 positive. The cases were among those personnel who on were reportedly on leave and recently joined the Cantonment.
Three of the positive cases were detected on June 23 and have been added to the state’s tally while the remaining 12 tested positive on June 24.
Army sources informed that all those who tested positive were in quarantine at the camp as per military protocol, after returning from leave.
Nagaland State Nodal Officer, Dr Nyanthung Kikon confirmed the news and said that all the cases are asymptomatic.
Total cases increase to 359
With this, the total count for COVID-19 in Nagaland rose to 359 on Wednesday as 29 more persons tested positive for the virus.
Of the fresh cases, 15 persons are from Kohima, 2 from Zunheboto and 12 are from the Jakhama military cantonment.
The state also reported 7 more ‘recoveries’ from COVID-19 on June 24, taking the number of recovered cases to 148 after remaining unchanged for two days.
With this, the total number of active cases in the state now stands at 211.
As per the daily briefing on COVID-19 by Principal Secretary, Home, Abhijit Sinha, “All the positive persons are receiving medical care at the designated COVID-19 Hospitals. As per the severity of symptoms, all the 199 active cases are asymptomatic.”
The daily bulletin from the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Peren district has the highest number of cases at 83; Dimapur has 38, Kohima 48, Mon 23, while Tuensang and Zunheboto districts have 3 cases each, as of 3:00 pm on June 24.
With the cases from Jakhama Cantonment, Kohima’s total number of cases now stands at 60.
