In Meghalaya, 500 fresh new COVID 19 cases were reported with 13 deaths taking the total fatalities to 968.<br />''<br />''Directorate of Health Services informed in a statement that in the last 24 hours seven deaths were reported from East Khasi Hills, two each from West Jaintia Hills and West Khasi Hills, and one each from North Garo Hills and West Garo Hills districts.<br />''<br />''The State also recorded 476 recoveries tallying the total recovered cases to 53,263 while the number of active cases stands at 4,044.<br />''<br />''So far the total number of people vaccinated have reached 9,14,069 which includes 7,87,553 people who have received the first dose and 1,26,516 have received the second dose.<br />