- No death in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland & Sikkim
By Pradeep Kumar
NAHARLAGUN, Jun 28: The eight North East states have recorded total 10,192 COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths, which state-wise cases/deaths included – Assam 6,919/10; Arunachal Pradesh 182/1; Manipur 1,092/0; Meghalaya 48/1; Mizoram 148/0; Nagaland 387/0; Tripura 1,334/1 and Sikkim 87/0.
However, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim are the four states in the country that are yet to record a COVID-19 fatality, according to Union MoHFW data, for which all Corona warriors deserve salutation.
This deserves appreciation as the NE initially lacked testing facilities and dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to combat the outbreak of the killer virus. However, medical infrastructures were strengthened later with the support of the Centre to face the gigantic task of saving lives.
The quoting ministry reported that with focused attention of the Centre, the NE now has 42 testing laboratories – 39 in public sector and three in private sector. Assam tops the list with 10 public and two private laboratories; Meghalaya has six public & one private lab; Nagaland has 13 testing labs, Arunachal Pradesh three, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim two each and Tripura one public lab.
The NE suffered from an acute shortage of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, COVID health centres and dedicated COVID care centres (DCCC). However, the region now has total of 1,518 COVID-19 dedicated health facilities, including 60 hospitals, 360 health centres & DCCCs. The Centre has helped to step up number of ICU beds, isolation beds, oxygen-supported beds and ventilators.
Assam has 67,833 isolation, 1,841 oxygen-supported and 598 ICU beds, and 350 ventilators; Arunachal Pradesh has 1,998 isolation, 178 oxygen-supported, and 60 ICU beds, and 16 ventilators; Manipur has 829 isolation, 317 oxygen supported and 48 ICU beds and 45 ventilators, Meghalaya has 1,231 isolation, 345 oxygen-supported, 83 ICU beds and 95 ventilators; Mizoram has 709 isolation, 213 oxygen-supported and 37 ICU beds, and 27 ventilators, Nagaland has 681 isolation, 142 oxygen-supported, 54 ICU beds and 28 ventilators; Sikkim has 251 isolation, 224 oxygen-supported, 20 ICU beds and 59 ventilators and Tripura has 1,277 isolation, 10 oxygen-supported, 13 ICU beds and seven ventilators,.
Moreover, the Centre’s sops distributed in NE so far included; Assam – 3.37 lakh N95 masks, 2.01 lakh kits and 6.7 lakh HCQ tablets; Arunachal Pradesh – 1.21 lakh N95 masks, 0.66 lakh personal protection equipment (PPE) kits and 1.5 lakh hydroxychloroquine tablets; Manipur – 0.95 lakh N95 masks, 0.79 lakh PPE kits and 2.7 lakh HCQ tablets; Meghalaya, the Centre has 0.75 lakh N95 masks, 0.52 lakh PPE kits and 1.75 lakh HCQ tablets; Mizoram – 0.76 lakh N95 masks, 0.31 lakh PPE kits and 2.2 lakh HCQ tablets; Nagaland – 0.7 lakh N95 masks, 0.25 lakh PPE kits and 1.75 lakh hydroxychloroquine tablets; Sikkim – 0.80 lakh N95 masks, 0.52 lakh PPE kits and 0.25 lakh HCQ tablets and Tripura – 1.38 lakh N95 masks, 1.13 lakh PPE kits and 2.5 lakh HCQ tablets.
India recorded its biggest surge in the number of Coronavirus cases in last 24 hours for a second consecutive day with 19,906 new patients, taking the total to 5,28,859 infections, the MoHFW said on Sunday morning. The country also witnessed 410 COVID-19-related deaths during the period, taking the total number of casualties to 16,095. India is the fourth worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States, Brazil and Russia.
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