Covid-19: Lockdown extended in Shillong area
Special Representative
GUWAHATI, May 13 2021: Meghalaya Government has decided to extend the lockdown period once more in East Khasi Hills district of the state till 5 a.m. of May 24 in view of continuous surge in Covid-19 cases.
The district reported 16 deaths out of the 18 deaths occurring in the state due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
This was informed by Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong after chairing a review meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the state.
It may be mentioned that the current spell of lockdown was supposed to end at 5 am of May 17 next as per the earlier extension announced by the state government a few days back.
The lockdown in East Khasi Hills, which is the worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the hill state, was initially imposed from May 5 till May 10 and was further extended to May 17.
The Meghalaya government had imposed strict containment restrictions across the state from May 1 and the restrictions were upgraded to lockdown in case of East Khasi Hills district.
In respect of other ten districts of the hill state, the government has authorised the respective Deputy Commissioners to take decision on imposing lockdown as per the Covid-19 ground situation prevailing in the respective district,
Meanwhile, 591 new Covid-19 positive cases were detected in Meghalaya in the last 24 hours while 18 deaths due to Covid-19 was reported in the state during the same period including 16 deaths in East Khasi Hills district, one in East Jaintia Hills and one in West Jaintia Hills district.
As many as 228 persons have recovered from virus ailment in the state in the last 24 hours.