3 more die due to Covid in Meghalaya

Newmai News Network
Shillong, Jun 22: Meghalaya recorded three more Covid-19 related deaths on Tuesday, pushing the death toll in the State to 788.
Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War said that the three deaths include 1 each from East Khasi Hills district, East Jaintia Hills district and Ri Bhoi district.
He said the State also detected 421 new cases. These include 82 in East Khasi Hills, 65 Ri Bhoi, 60 West Jaintia Hills, 56 West Garo Hills, 42 South West Garo Hills, 41 East Garo Hills, 30 North Garo Hills, 19 East Jaintia Hills, 12 South West Khasi Hills and 5 West Khasi Hills.
Dr War also informed that 341 persons have also recovered from the viral infection.
Of these, 94 are from West Garo Hills, 88 East Khasi Hills, 38 Ri Bhoi, 27 South West Khasi Hills, 21 North Garo Hills, 15 East Garo Hills, 15 South West Garo Hills, 14 West Khasi Hills, 13 South Garo Hills, 12 West Jaintia Hills and 4 East Jaintia HIlls.
So far, a total of 45,976 Covid-19 cases have been detected in the State out of which 4,273 are active cases, 40,915 recovered while there have been 788 deaths.
With 1,377 active Covid-19 cases, East Khasi Hills, that includes State capital Shillong, is the worst affected district in the State, followed by West Garo Hills with 607 cases and 588 West Jaintia Hills.
There are 527 cases in Ri Bhoi, 249 East Garo Hills, 219 North Garo Hills, 207 South West Garo Hills, 194 South West Khasi Hills, 132 South Garo Hills, 98 West Khasi Hills and 75 East Jaintia Hills.