SHILLONG, SEP 18 : Meghalaya on Sunday reported one Covid19-related death in the Ri-Bhoi district, which increased the number of overall fatalities due to the viral disease to 1622.
The state health authorities also detected five new cases of infection, health officials said.
The number of active cases declined to 46 with seven more cases of recovery from the viral disease recorded during the day, which surged the number of recovered cases to 94945 in the state, which has so far registered 96613 confirmed cases, as per the medical bulletin released on Sunday.
“Currently, eight Covid-19 infected patients are undergoing treatment in various hospitals in the state,” a health official said.
Meanwhile, according to the National Health Mission record, 32142 health care workers have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, 29543 have been administered with the second dose and 11200 have taken the third precaution dose, while 97040 front-line workers have been vaccinated with the first dose, 85788 have received the second dose and 32598 have got the precaution shot, even as 1312421 persons from among the general public have been inoculated with the first dose, 965583 have been fully vaccinated with the second dose and 34145 citizens have taken the booster dose across the state till date. (UNI)