11 returnees test positive in Nagaland, 36 cases in state

KOHIMA: Eleven people who returned to Nagaland from Chennai tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, raising the total number of active cases in the state to 36, health and family welfare minister S Pangnyu Phom said.
Nagaland reported the first cases of Covid-19 last Monday when three returnees from Chennai tested positive. A person from Nagaland had tested positive in Assam on April 13 and has subsequently recovered.
"Eleven people, 8 from Dimapur and 3 in Kohima, all returnees from Chennai tested Covid-19 positive today (Saturday)," the minister said.
All of them had returned from Chennai on May 22 in a Shramik Special train.
The train brought back 1,328 residents of the state, who were stranded in different parts of Tamil Nadu due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the virus.
Of the 36 patients undergoing treatment at various Covid-19-dedicated hospitals in the state, 22 are in Dimapur, 9 in Kohima and five in Tuensang.
The patients are mostly below 30 years of age, officials said.
On the course of action to be taken by the government with the fourth phase of lockdown ending on Sunday, and the continuous increase of Covid-19 cases in the state following the arrival of returnees, the minister said, "The Nagaland government will discuss the matter during a Cabinet meeting on Monday."