SHILLONG, JULY 29: Five more persons have been tested for COVID-19 on Wednesday taking the number of active cases to 572.
Health Minister Alexander Laloo Hek told reporters that the five new cases include 2 armed forces personnel from East Khasi Hills, 2 BSF troopers from West Garo Hills and 1 civilian from Ri Bhoi.
He said of the 572 active cases, 246 are BSF, 291 are civilians and 35 are armed forces personnel.
“A total of 207 patients have recovered from the infection while five have died so far,” Hek informed.
As on Wednesday, a total of 35,198 samples were tested of which 24,239 were found to be negative while test results of 175 (115 at Pasteur Institute, Shillong and 60 in Tura) are awaited.
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