Nagalandโ€™s Covid19 tally reached 9,151 on Tuesday after the state registered 55 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.

Confirming the news, Nagaland health minister S Pangnyu Phom in his latest tweet on the stateโ€™s Covid19 status said: โ€œUpdate! 55 +ve cases of # COVID-19 detected today.โ€

According to health minister Phom, of the new cases, Dimapur district has reported 39 new cases, Kohima 13, Mon 2 and Peren district has reported 1 case.

Meanwhile, 180 more positive patients have recovered from the disease, the health minister said.

The recoveries include 162 from Dimapur, 6 each from Kohima and Mon, 3 each from Kiphire and Peren district.

According to the bulletin on Covid19 released by the Nagaland health department, the state currently has 1,238 active cases.

So far, a total of 7,786 patients have recovered from the disease.

The deadly disease has claimed the lives of 36 people while 83 positive patients have migrated from the state.

โ€œWear Mask, Keep Distance, Stay Safe,โ€ Phom appealed to the people in the tweet.