More than a month after the first Covid-19 positive case was detected, Meghalaya, as on Monday, no longer has any active case.

The last active case recovered on Monday, deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong told reporters here.

“Meghalaya has no active case. Of the 13 cases, one has passed away while 12 have fully recovered,” he said.

The first positive case was detected on April 13, but the patient died just after two days. The government had linked the remaining positive cases to the first Covid-19 case.

All these cases were within the Shillong agglomeration under East Khasi Hills.

Although there are no more active cases, Tynsong said the East Khasi Hills district would still be categorised as an “orange zone”.

However, he said that the state government would communicate to the Centre regarding the development where there are no more active cases.

Of the 11 districts, only East Khasi Hills has been classified as an “orange zone;” the remaining ones have been categorised as “green zones”.

Tynsong said 3,207 samples had been collected for tests out of which 2,883 samples were negative.

The results of 311 samples are awaited.

Ttill Monday, 6,565 citizens who were stranded in different parts of the country, including the Northeast, had returned home, he added.

A train from Bangalore, with not less than 1,250 citizens from the state, has left on Monday evening, and will reach Guwahati station on Wednesday.

Tynsong said till date, more than 7,000 committees, comprising headmen, ASHA workers and others, had been formed in localities and villages across the state to work with the district administration to tackle any possible threat posed by the virus.

Many of those who have come from other states are undergoing quarantine at home, but there are also those who have been kept in community quarantine centres set up by the district administrations and localities/villages. The government has been providing essential supplies to those in quarantine.

Chief minister Conrad K. Sangma has appealed to all those who have returned home to abide by government advisories. “All our friends who have come back to the state from different parts of the country, as per government advisory, please follow all protocols including mandatory quarantine. This is for your good, the good of your loved ones and the good of the state,” he said.

On the demand to conduct rapid tests in villages along the international border with Bangladesh, Tynsong said the health department would be taking a call on the issue.

He said that the state government would follow the guidelines issued by the Union ministry of home affairs on the restrictions to be imposed till May 31.

He said that till the end of the month, the state would prohibit interstate transportation, barring that of essential supplies.

The other restrictions and relaxations as outlined by the ministry on Sunday would be notified soon.

The government has thanked and appreciated the service of all frontline workers including the deputy commissioners especially the manner in which they have been handling those who have returned from other states.