Another North-East state Meghalaya became Covid-19 free after its lone corona patient, a woman, recovered from the deadly disease, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Monday.

It became the fifth state out of the eight northeastern states to become coronavirus free.

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With Sikkim and Nagaland have not reported any cases, two other northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram – currently have no active cases as two patients, one in each state, have recovered and been discharged from the hospitals.

However, Covid-19 cases are on surge in other three north-east states namely Tripura, Assam and Manipur.

As of now, Tripura leads with 167 cases followed by Assam with 104 cases and Manipur with seven cases.

“Second re-test of the lone active case (positive patient) was done again, and the test has come out negative. The patient can be declared as recovered,” Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said in a tweet.

According to the state’s health officials, the woman had tested positive for Covid-19 on April 13.

Meghalaya recorded a total of 13 cases out of which, one person, a veteran doctor, died.

Founder of the private Bethany Hospital in Shillong, the 69-year-old doctor, had tested positive for the coronavirus three days before his death on April 15.

He had no travel history but his son-in-law, who is an Air India pilot, had been to Covid-19 infected countries and had returned home on March 22.

Most of the positive cases in Meghalaya are either family members or private hospital’s staff.