Arunachal COVID tally rises to 6,298 with 176 new cases

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ITANAGAR: The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 6,298 as 176 more persons, including nine security personnel, tested positive for the disease during the last 24 hours.The toll also rose to 11 after a 50-year-old man, who was working at a Primary Health Centre near here, succumbed to the infection, said State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said.

"The person had tested positive for the disease on September 3 and was in home isolation. He was admitted to the TMCH in Assam on September 6 after his health condition worsened. He died on September 11. He was suffering from 'Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome'," he said.

The State has 1,756 active COVID-19 cases as on date, Jampa said.

Meanwhile, 156 people were cured of the disease and discharged from hospitals on Monday, taking the number of recoveries in the State to 4,531. The recovery rate now stands at 71.95 per cent.

Of the fresh cases, 83 were reported from the Capital Complex region; 20 from Changlang; 10 each from East Siang and West Kameng; nine from Lower Subansiri; seven from Papumpare, six each from West Siang and Lower Siang districts; five from Tawang and Lower Dibang Valley; three from Longding; two each from Pakke Kessang, Tirap, Upper Siang and Leparada; and one each from Siang, Upper Subansiri, Lohit and East Kameng.

Among the new patients are five Assam Rifles personnel, one Indian Reserve Battalion jawan, an employee of Indo Tibetan Border Police and two State policemen. Besides six Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel and a Healthcare worker were also diagnosed with the disease, Jampa said, adding that 17 prisoners also tested positive for the infection.

The new patients have been shifted to COVID Care Centres.

The Capital Complex region — comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas — has the highest number of active cases at 486, followed by West Siang at 192, Papumpare at 173, East Siang at 152, and Changland at 116.

The State has so far tested over 2.08 lakh samples for COVID-19, including, 2,645 on Monday, the official added.

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