Meghalaya: 17 police personnel among 70 test positive for COVID-19

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 13, 2020

The state has recorded 70 new positive cases and recovery of 87 patients on Friday.

Director of Health Services (MI), Dr Aman War said the new cases include 31 from East Khasi Hills district, 19 Ri Bhoi district, 6 East Garo Hills district, 6 West Garo Hills district, 3 South Garo Hills district, 2 East Jaintia Hills district, 2 South West Garo Hills district and 1 West Jaintia Hills district. 

Of these, he said 17 are police personnel that include 16 from Ri Bhoi and 1 from South West Garo Hills.

Dr War said 87 persons who recovered from the infection include 44 from East Khasi Hills, 18 West Jaintia Hills, 10 East Jaintia Hills, 8 West Garo Hills, 3 East Garo Hills, 2 North Garo Hills, 1 Ri Bhoi and 1 West Khasi Hills.

The state has detected a total of 10,581 COVID-19 out of which 1,028 are active cases, 9,455 recovered and 98 deaths.

Of the total active cases, Ri Bhoi has 324 positive cases, East Khasi Hills has 270 that include 4 Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces and 266 civilians, West Garo Hills 114, East Garo Hills 104, West Jaintia Hills 64, East Jaintia Hills 56, South Garo Hills 31, West Khasi Hills 29, South West Garo Hills 25, North Garo Hills 10 and South West Khasi Hills 1.

“Till date, swab samples of 2,18,315 persons have been tested of which 2,07,734 were found negative,” the senior medical official said.

There are 58,328 entrants from outside the state.