Arunachal COVID-19 tally crosses 9K mark; active cases 2,495

Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally crossed the 9K mark on Monday as 135 more people, including 26 security personnel, tested positive for the disease during the last 24 hours.
Arunachal COVID-19 tally crosses 9K mark; active cases 2,495

 <Tally: 9,004 <Recovery rate: 72.13 per cent

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally crossed the 9K mark on Monday as 135 more people, including 26 security personnel, tested positive for the disease during the last 24 hours. The fresh infections have taken the State's caseload to 9,004, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa.

Arunachal Pradesh now has 2,495 active cases. A total of 14 COVID-19 patients have died due to the disease so far.

At least 98 people were cured of the disease and discharged from hospitals on Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries to 6,495. The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients in the State currently stands at 72.13 per cent.

Of the new cases, 62 were reported from the Capital Complex region; 18 from Kra Daadi; 13 from West Siang; eight from East Siang; seven from Lower Siang and six from Papumpare; four from Kurung Kumey; three from Upper Subansiri; two each from Longding, Tawang, Namsai, Tirap and Anjaw; and one each from West Kameng, Changlang, Lower Subansiri and Lohit districts.

Among the fresh patients are 26 security personnel, including 18 State policemen, eight Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) employees, and two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) staffers. Barring five, all are asymptomatic and they have been shifted to COVID Care Centres.

The Capital Complex region — comprising the areas of Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa — has reported the highest number of active cases at 1,369, followed by Papumpare at 142, West Siang at 126, Changlang at 122 and East Siang at 91, Dr Jampa said.

The State has so far conducted 2,39,900 sample tests for COVID-19, including 1,681 on Sunday, he added.

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