COVID-19: Four Meghalaya police faculty among 59 new positive cases

Seven police work force in Meghalaya have been contaminated by COVID-19 up until this point.

Just on Saturday, four police work force from East Jaiñtia Hills area were affirmed COVID-19 positive, DHS (MI), Dr Aman War said.

The four constructive cases among the police faculty are the high-hazard contacts of one police officer from East Jaiñtia Hills who tried positive as of late after he came back from Garo Hills.

“Through and through seven police work force have been tainted so far in the state,” Dr War stated, including that, five of them from East Jaiñtia Hills locale, and two from South West Garo Hills area.

As on Saturday, 59 new COVID-19 positive cases were affirmed including the four police officers from East Jaiñtia Hills area.

Out of 59, there are 54 new cases in East Khasi Hills locale which incorporate 6 BSF, and 48 others, four police staff in East Jaiñtia Hills area, and one in West Jaiñtia Hills region, who came back from Assam.

Inside and out 547 dynamic cases have been recorded in the state which incorporates 466 just in East Khasi Hills locale – BSF (286), other Armed powers (2) and 159 others.

Dr War educated that Ri-Bhoi area has 41 dynamic cases, 15 in West Garo Hills, 9 in West Jaiñtia Hills, 8 in East Jaiñtia Hills, 4 in South West Garo Hills, 2 in South Garo Hills, and one each in East Garo Hills and North Garo Hills individually.

Dr War educated that seven patients have likewise recouped, every one of them BSF work force, taking the quantity of recuperated patients to 94.

As the positive cases expanded each day, Meghalaya now has a sum of 646 COVID-19 cases, which incorporate 547 dynamic cases, 94 recuperations, and five passings.

The same number of 32,783 examples were sent for the test up until now, out of which, 31,469 examples tried negative and 668 examples are hanging tight for the test outcomes.

Strangely, 111 new contestants from outside the state entered Meghalaya on Saturday, taking the all out number of participants from outside to 23,817.