Shillong, Dec 11 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma announced on Friday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and is in home isolation with mild symptoms of the viral infection.
On the other hand, one more person died due to COVID-19 related complications in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district, taking up the death toll due to the ongoing pandemic to 124, even as 59 new cases of infection mounted the number of active cases to 594 in the State as on Friday.
“I have tested positive for #Covid_19. I am under home isolation
and experiencing mild symptoms,” Chief Minister Sangma tweeted.
“I request all those who came in contact with me in the past 5 days to kindly keep a watch on their health and if necessary get tested. Stay safe,” he requested in his micro-blogging site.
The Chief Minister had met Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday at Raj Bhawan here. He had also held meetings with his cabinet ministers besides government officials and other individuals.
The Chief Minister had tested positive for COVID-19 through TrueNat, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek said.
“The Chief Minister had volunteered for the test after he felt uneasy,” Hek said, adding that the swab samples of the family members of the Chief Minister will also be taken.
The Chief Minister is the seventh legislator from Meghalaya to have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.
Earlier, three Cabinet ministers - Alexander Laloo Hek, James Sangma, Sniawbhalang Dhar, besides two ruling National People’s Party legislators - S.G. Esmatur Mominin and Marcuise N Marak had also tested positive for the viral infection and subsequently
recovered.
Recently, Opposition Congress legislator Miani D Shira, the daughter of former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma had also tested positive for COVID-19 following her visit to Delhi and is currently under self-isolation.
Director of Health Services (MI), Dr Aman War informed that of the 59 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday, 50 were from East Khasi Hills district, five in West Jaintia Hills district, two in Ri-Bhoi district and one each in East Garo Hills district and South West Garo Hills district.
He also informed that 44 more COVID-19 persons recovered from the disease, surging the number of recoveries to 11,927 in the state.
Meghalaya has registered 12,645 COVID-19 cases, including 124 fatalities, 594 active cases and 11,927 recoveries, even as 2,50,788 of the 2,63,433 persons who were tested have come out negative, while 70,244 persons from outside have entered the state till date, official data revealed.
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