Meghalaya records 742 new COVID-19 cases, 974 recoveries, 13 deaths

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 30, 2021

Thirteen more persons have succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the death toll in the state to 564.

According to the Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War, 10 deaths were reported in East Khasi Hills district and 1 each in Ri Bhoi district, West Garo Hills district and West Jaintia Hills district.

The state has continue to witness decrease in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases as 742 persons were tested positive and increase in the recovery rate.

Of 742 new cases, Dr War said 316 were detected in East Khasi Hills, 84 West Garo Hills, 80 South West Khasi Hills, 65 Ri Bhoi, 62 West Jaintia Hills, 47 South West Garo Hills, 35 East Jaintia Hills, 20 North Garo Hills, 12 West Khasi Hills, 12 East Garo Hills, and 9 South Garo Hills. .

He also informed that as many as 974 patients have also recovered from the viral infection during the past 24 hours.

Of these, 530 are from East Khasi Hills, 172 West Jaintia Hills, 88 West Garo Hills, 46 South West Garo Hills, 41 West Khasi Hills, 23 South Garo Hills, 19 East Garo Hills, 17 East Jaintia Hills, 15 Ri Bhoi, 14 North Garo Hills and 9 South West Khasi Hills. 

So far, the state has detected a total of 35,190 COVID-19 cases out of which 7,496 are active cases, 27,130 recovered and 564 deaths.

With 3,438 active COVID-19 cases, East Khasi Hills, that includes state capital Shillong, is the worst affected district in the state, followed by Ri Bhoi with 1,241 cases.

There are 671 cases in West Garo Hills, 533 West Jaintia Hills, 418 South West Garo Hills, 248 East Jaintia Hills, 303 South West Khasi Hills, 190 North Garo Hills, 178 West Khasi Hills, 148 East Garo Hills and 128 South Garo Hills.