Centre exhorts NE states to actively break COVID-19 chain of transmission

NE states currently account for less than five per cent of country’s total active cases; Assam (68 per cent) and Tripura (17 per cent) top list

In a video conference (VC) held on September 11, the Union health secretary has exhorted the eight North Eastern (NE) states, which together account for less than five per cent of the total active cases in the country, to actively break the COVID-19 chain of transmission.

With active cases numbering 29,690 (as on date), Assam presently constitutes 68 per cent share in the total active caseload of these eight NE states. Tripura has 7,383 active cases and occupies the second place with 17 per cent of the total active caseload of these states.

Snapshot of total confirmed cases and the active caseload in NE states 

	Name of State	Active cases	Confirmed cases			Case Fatality Rate
		As on 11.09.2020	As on 11.09.2020	As on 10.09.2020	Cases in last 24 hours
TOTAL		43747	178032	173978	4054
1	Assam	29690	135805	133066	2739	0.3%
2	Tripura	7383	17811	17252	559	0.97%
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1658	5672	5545	127	0.16%
4	Manipur	1633	7470	7362	108	0.59%
5	Meghalaya	1434	3296	3197	99	0.61%
6	Nagaland	834	4636	4375	261	0.22%
7	Mizoram	583	1333	1192	141	0%
8	Sikkim	532	2009	1989	20	0.35%

The states were advised to take steps on the following specific areas:

1. Limiting the spread of the infection by implementing stringent containment measures and following social distancing measures, strict peri-meter control, and active house-to-house case search.
2. Early identification by ramping up testing across the states and districts, judicious and full utilization of RT-PCR testing capacity.
3. Effective monitoring of home isolation cases and early hospitalisation in case of disease progression.
4. Seamless hospitalisation and early admission for patients requiring medical support, especially in cases of co-morbid and elderly population.
5. Keeping the mortality rate to 1 per cent or less.The VC was attended by the principal secretaries, health secretaries and other state representatives from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.