Meghalaya reported five COVID-19 related deaths tallying the total fatalities to 785 in the last 24 hours.<br />'' <br />''The Directorate of Health Services informed in a statement that the state also recorded 269 fresh COVID-19 cases bringing the total active cases to 4196. The State reported 655 recoveries adding the recovered cases to 40,574. East Khasi Hills district now has 1383 active cases while West Garo Hills has 644 active cases.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">East Khasi Hills district has recorded the highest COVID-19 related deaths with 597 cases so far. Till date, the State has seen 45,555 confirmed COVID cases which include 4196 active cases, 40,574 recovered and 785 deaths.</span><br />