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ITANAGAR: Ninety more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the virus tally in the Northeastern State to 63,814, a senior Health Department official said here on Thursday.
The death toll in the State rose to 293 after one more person succumbed to the infection, he said. The 68-year-old man from the Capital Complex Region died at a health facility here on Tuesday due to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome with Covid Pneumonia, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
Of the fresh 90 cases, 28 were reported from the Capital Complex Region, 11 from East Siang, seven each from West Kameng and Tawang, six each from Lower Subansiri and Namsai and three each from Changlang, Lower Dibang Valley and Anjaw district respectively.
The State currently has 1,131 active COVID-19 cases, the official said. As many as 62,390 people have recuperated from the disease so far, including 212 on Wednesday, the SSO said.
The recovery rate among patients marginally improved to 97.77 per cent from 97.57 per cent the previous day, he said.
Among the new cases, 73 were detected through rapid antigen test, 7 through RT-PCR process and 10 through TrueNAT methods, Jampa said, adding that 45 of them have developed Covid symptoms.
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