India News | Nagaland Logs 106 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Fresh Fatality

Kohima, Aug 7 (PTI) Nagaland's COVID-19 tally rose to 28,551 on Saturday as 106 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the northeastern state's coronavirus death toll to 583, a health bulletin said.

Dimapur district recorded the highest number of new cases at 36, followed by Peren (27) and Kohima (15), it said, adding that the fresh fatality was registered in Mon district.

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The state now has 1,398 active cases, while 25,757 people have so far recovered from the disease, including 75 in the last 24 hours, and 813 patients have migrated to other states.

The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state now stands at 90.21 per cent.

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Nagaland has thus far tested over 2.75 lakh samples for COVID-19, and inoculated over 6.29 lakh people, of whom 1.57 lakh have received both doses.

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