Regardless of spike in Covid cases in Northeast

Guwahati: spike in Covid cases are on the rise in the Northeast and authorities in most of these states are yet to take any serious precautionary measures.

After a gap of several weeks, four new deaths – one each from Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura – were reported.

The Tripura government has once again made wearing a mask mandatory and anyone who does not wear a mask will be fined Rs 200.
The Manipur government, which had earlier extended the summer vacation till July 24, has again extended it till August 7 for all schools, including government, government-aided and private.

Spike in Covid cases Assam, the positivity rate increased from 7.89 percent on July 1 to 10.29 percent on July 25. However, an official of the National Health Mission (NHM) said that the increase in positivity rate in the last few weeks is not alarming. .

With 5,527 active cases registered on Monday, Cachar, Kamrup Metro, Dima Hasav, Dibrugarh and Baswanath districts of Assam reported the highest case load districts.