July 25, 2020: Meghalaya's capital Shillong will be under total lockdown for three days from the midnight of July 26. The decision has been taken considering the rising cases of Covid19 in the state.

Chief minister Conrad Sangma tweeted, "Government has decided to impose #lockdown in the Shillong agglomeration from midnight of 26th July, 2020 till midnight of 29th July, 2020."

Till Friday, the state has 496 active cases, of which 319 are from the BSF and the armed forces. Total 87 persons have recovered so far.

The government on Thursday had announced to conduct aggressive random testing in 71 COVID clusters across the state.