Nagaland registered 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the state's tally to 656, informed state Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom through his twitter handle.

The minister said that the confirmed cases have been detected from the 432 samples that were tested on Tuesday. Of the 12 cases, 9 cases have been detected from Dimapur while 1 each case has been detected from Kohima, Mon and Mokokchung.

The minister in his tweet wrote, "Out of 432 samples tested, 12 fresh positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed. 9 from Dimapur & 1 each from Kohima, Mon & Mokokchung respectively."

Positive: 656

Active: 353

Recovered: 303