Guwahati/Agartala/Shillong, Jul 26 (IANS): Triggered by the rise in COVID-19 cases, various governments in the northeastern states have taken some stringent measures including lockdown and night curfew in a bid to arrest the spread of the deadly contagion, officials said on Saturday.

A complete three-day lockdown was announced by the Tripura government from Monday while, the Meghalaya and Nagaland governments have enforced the curbs in the state capitals.

In Manipur, the 14-day statewide complete lockdown and curfew began from Thursday. So far 2,176 coronavirus positive cases were found in Manipur and 656 remain active and 1520 people recovered from the disease.

Among the northeastern states, Assam has registered a massive rise in COVID-19 cases in July because of the return of around 300,000 people from other states.

Given the spike, the Assam government has taken a series of steps, including door-to-door sample tests in vulnerable areas, weekend lockdown (Saturday and Sunday) and 21-day lockdown in the Kamrup (Metro) district, till July 19.