The Covid-19 situation in Mizoram is deteriorating at a faster rate than the rest of the NE states even as Assam, which is the most populated state in the region, remains at the top with maximum number of active cases and fatalities.
Barring Manipur, which has nearly 5,000 active cases, the other states so far have adequate beds, ICUs and ventilators.
Despite having a high active caseload of over 40,000 Average, Assams rate of Growth of new cases in the last one week was 1.8%. Tripura had the smallest growth rate of 0.8% in the same period, followed by Arunachal Pradesh with 1%, Manipur with 1.4%, Nagaland with 1.7% and Meghalaya 1.8%.