43 fresh COVID-19 cases detected in Arunachal; total cases 2,701

ITANAGAR: Altogether 43 more persons, including 14 security personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, raising the State's total caseload to 2,701 on Monday, said State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa.

Of the new cases, 10 each were reported from the Capital Complex region and West Kameng district, five from Lower Dibang Valley, four from Changlang, three each from Tawang, Upper Subansiri and East Siang, two from Leparada and one each from Papumpare, Siang and East Kameng. Barring two, all of them are asymptomatic.

Dr Jampa further informed, "Among the new patients are 14 paramilitary personnel — five in Lower Dibang Valley, three in Tawang, two each in East Siang and Leparada and one each in Siang and West Kameng."

Since August 1, a total of 1,219 persons, including 548 security personnel, have tested positive for the infection in the State. Meanwhile, 37 persons were discharged from hospitals after being cured, pushing the number of recoveries to 1,808. Among these 37 recoveries are 21 patients from the Capital Complex region, seven from East Kameng, three each from Upper Siang and Lower Siang, two from Tirap and one from West Siang.

The recovery rate in the State increased significantly with 66.93 per cent, as 1,027 people have recovered from COVID-19 since the beginning of this month. Arunachal Pradesh, which reported its first COVID-19 case on April 2, has 888 active patients at present. Five people have died due to the infection so far. As many as 1,932 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the total number of samples tested in the State to 1,24,786, he added.

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