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Nagaland recorded 103 fresh Covid-19 cases and 277 recoveries on Wednesday.

No death has occurred due to the virus during the day, the Nagaland health and family welfare department said.

Of the new cases, Dimapur reported 24 cases, Kohima 20, Mokokchung 11, Peren nine, Phek seven, Tuensang 16, Wokha six, Zunheboto eight and one each in Kiphire and Mon.

Among the recoveries, Dimapur registered 48 cases, Kiphire five, Kohima 105, Longleng two, Mokokchung 37, Mon, one each in Peren and Phek, Tuensang 69 and Zunheboto eight.

Meanwhile, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated an oxygen generation plant at Phek district hospital on Wednesday.

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Rio thanked the United Nations Development Programme, India and the Government of Japan for installing the oxygen generation plant in Phek district.

”We are indebted for this help, the one that strengthens our health facility and furthers our ability to be able to succeed in mitigating this unprecedented health crisis,” he stated.

Bhadra Gogoi is Northeast Now Correspondent in Nagaland. He can be reached at: bhadragogoi@yahoo.com