Covid-19 cases decline for three straight weeks

June 13, 2021 47 Views No Comment

DIMAPUR, JUN 13 (NPN): The number of Covid-19 positive cases registered a steady decline for three weeks in a row as Nagaland reported only 1079 cases this week (June 5-11), the lowest since April 24, Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) department stated in its weekly Covid-19 bulletin.

It said that 58% (631 out of 1079) of confirmed cases this week were traced contacts followed by self-test/random sampling at 36% (393 cases), travellers 24 and frontline workers 22 both at 2% and nine security personnel at 1%.

Though Dimapur and Kohima currently have the highest number of active cases– 1982 and 697 respectively, the weekly sample positivity rate of this two district have drastically come down to 8% (Dimapur) and 12% (Kohima). However, the weekly sample positivity rate in Mokokchung district recorded the highest in the state, as the district registered the most number of positive cases this week– 396 positive cases. Mokokchung district as on June 11 had 549 active cases.

Lowest deaths: The Health department informed that the state reported 29 deaths from May 29 to June 11, the lowest fatalities recorded in the last 5 weeks.

It however, expressed concern that 44% of deaths in the State had taken place within two days of admission in a hospital. This, the department once again pointed out was due to “very late arrival” at hospitals with critical symptoms.

With 25 deaths alone being reported under home isolation, H&FW called for strict monitoring of symptoms under home isolation and to immediately report to hospitals on– first signs of difficulty in breathing (SPO2 less than 94%), increasing high fever, increasing severe cough and mental confusion etc.

Vaccines: Amid cases of the Covid infection being reported post-vaccination from a few parts of the country, experts have said inoculation against Covid-19 “does not produce a shield” against the deadly virus, but helps reduce the severity of the infection and chances of death. They have also said that “no causal link has been established” yet between vaccination and the complications suffered thereafter by a person through any clinical or epidemiological studies.

H&FW in this regard stressed on the need to get vaccinated against Covid-19. It said that a recent study done by Christian Medical College Vellore, submitted to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and research, found very high effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing severe disease among 93.4% of the healthcare workers who had received the Covishield vaccine.

H&FW further highlighted the protective effect by Covishield and Covaxin vaccine to– prevent infection (65%), preventing hospitalization (77%), reducing need for oxygen (92%) and reducing ICU admission (94%).

State logs 96 fresh cases, 3 Covid deaths

Nagaland on Saturday recorded 96 fresh Covid-19 positive cases taking the total case load to 23,562.

Of the fresh cases, 38 were from Kohima, Dimapur-26, Mokokchung-20, four each in Tuensang and Zunheboto and two each in Mon and Phek. Further, three more patients in Dimapur succumbed to the infection, pushing the death toll to 448 (including 14 non-Covid deaths but with Covid positivity).

Source: http://www.nagalandpost.com/covid-19-cases-decline-for-three-straight-weeks/234888.html