South West Khasi Hills region in Meghalaya announced the main COVID19 positive case on Monday night and lost the ‘green zone’ tag.
South West Khasi Hills was the main locale in Meghalaya where there was no positive case since the episode of the pandemic in the nation.
“This is for the overall population data that there has been one positive instance of COVID-19 in South West Khasi Hills region. The individual, who tried positive, is a returnee from Gujarat,” South West Khasi Hills representative official and executive of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) said.
The individual arrived at South West Khasi Hills locale on August 5 through Byrnihat checkpoint in the wake of finishing all conventions dictated by the wellbeing office and continued for home isolate to his town in the area,” the DC said.
The DC educated that on August 7, the individual created gentle side effects and was promptly moved to the Corona Care Center in Mawkyrwat.
“On August 8, his example was taken for RT-PCR and his report has come out as positive on Monday. The individual’s condition is steady at present and he will keep on staying at the Corona Care Center until further notice,” the appointee official educated.
Inside and out 53 new COVID19 positive cases were affirmed on Monday, taking dynamic cases to 611, while eight additional patients recuperated from the disease, taking the recuperation count to 498.
Meghalaya now has an aggregate of 1,115 COVID19 cases which incorporate 611 dynamic cases, 498 people who have recuperated, and six expired.
Head of wellbeing administrations (MI), Dr. Aman said out of 41,734 swab tests sent for testing, 39,785 came out negative while the result of 834 tests are anticipated.
Up until now, 26,766 people have come back to the state from outside till Monday.
The new cases in East Khasi Hills incorporate one chaperon of a patient at Shillong Civil Hospital, one orderly at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), 2 staff attendants at NEIGRIHMS, one traveler cabbie, 4 returnees, one furnished power jawan and 2 high-chance contacts of a positive case.
In the interim, East Khasi Hills region judge, Matsiewdor War Nongbri has coordinated impermanent conclusion of the State Dispensary at Rynjah territory in Shillong and the Hyndai Service Center at Mawblei until further requests, following reports got that one each COVID19 positive case was distinguished in both the premises.
Wellbeing authorities educated that the Rynjah Dispensary was being sterilized and all staff were tried.