India News | Meghalaya Reports 4 More COVID-19 Deaths, 170 New Cases
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Four people died of COVID-19 in Meghalaya on Wednesday, pushing the death toll in the state to 42, a senior health official said.
Shillong, Sep 23 (PTI) Four people died of COVID-19 in Meghalaya on Wednesday, pushing the death toll in the state to 42, a senior health official said.
A 68-year-old woman died of COVID-19 in South West Garo Hills district, while three men lost their lives in the East Khasi Hills district, Health Services director Aman War said.
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Among those who died in the East Khasi Hills are two men in their 60s and the other one is 41-year-old, he said.
Total 170 fresh cases of COVID-19 were detected during the day, taking the tally to 4,961.
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There are 2,060 active cases in the state at present.
During the day, 153 patients recovered. So far, 2,859 people have beat COVID-19 in the state.
Total 1.36 lakh samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state till date.
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