North East

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh reported 366 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the coronavirus tally in the northeastern state to 31,648, a senior health official said here on Tuesday. The COVID-19 death toll increased to 151 with six more persons, including a woman…

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said seizure of rice from a godown in Assam has nothing to do with the public distribution system (PDS) or COVID relief but was “meant for the social welfare department”. “It…

Shillong: The COVID-19 caseload of Meghalaya on Monday increased to 42,309 after 403 more people tested positive for the virus, a senior health official said. During the past 24 hours, 10 patients have succumbed to the infection, taking the coronavirus…

Aizawl: Mizoram reported 98 new COVID-19 cases and four more fatalities in the last 24 hours, pushing the state’s coronavirus tally to 15,364 and death toll to 67, an official statement said on Monday. State information and public relations department…

Kohima: Nagaland’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 23,753 on Monday as 109 more people tested positive for the infection while three more deaths increased the death toll to 456, a health official said. However, for the ninth consecutive day, the state…

GUWAHATI: District health authorities in Nagaland’s Zunheboto district are on a mission to vaccinate almost all residents of the district. A special mass vaccination drive was organised in the entire district for the 18 to 44 age group on Sunday.…

Aizawl: The patriarch of the world’s largest family, Zionghaka aka Zion-a, died at a hospital here on Sunday, sources at the medical establishment said. He was 76 and is survived by 39 wives, 94 children, and 33 grandchildren. “Zion-a was…

Shillong: The COVID-19 caseload of Meghalaya on Sunday mounted to 41,906 after 305 more people tested positive for the virus, a senior health official said. During the past 24 hours, six patients have succumbed to the infection, taking the coronavirus…

Aizawl: Mizoram’s COVID-19 count crossed the 15,000-mark on Sunday as 346 more people tested positive for the infection, an official said. The fresh cases, detected from 3,866 samples tested on Saturday, took the single-day infection rate to 8.94 per cent,…

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday reported 298 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 31,148, a Health Department official said. Five more persons died of COVID-19 in the state, pushing the toll to 143. The new deaths were reported from…