Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has tested positive for COVID-19. He took to Twitter to announce that he has mild symptoms and has isolated himself for the “required time”.
The Chief Minister has also requested people who have come in contact with him in the last few days to observe their symptoms and also take a COVID test if necessary.
“I have tested positive for COVID-19 and isolating myself for the required time. I have mild symptoms. All those who came into contact with me the last few days are requested to observe their symptoms and test if necessary,” CM Conrad Sangma tweeted.
On December 11, 2020, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma had tested positive for COVID-19. And then he announced his health condition on microblogging site Twitter.
On Thursday, Meghalaya saw the highest single-day spike in COVID cases after the state reported 329 new infections and two deaths. There are 1,629 active cases in Meghalaya.
On January 5 this year, the Meghalaya government imposed a slew of measures including night curfew, the odd-even rule for vehicles, and restrictions on public gatherings to prevent the spread of deadly coronavirus.
As per the latest reports of the state health department. Meghalaya has 1,782 active COVID-19 cases and one death from the pandemic in the last 24 hours. The state had 331 new positive cases since yesterday and 177 new recoveries against 87,735 COVID positive cases. In total since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Out of these, 84,458 patients recovered and 1,495 succumbed to death.