Arunachal Pradesh corona toll rises to 18 with two new casualties

At least 200 more people, including eight security personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: At least 200 more people, including eight security personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the State's caseload to 10,220 on Saturday, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr L Jampa.

Arunachal Pradesh now has 3,019 active coronavirus cases, while 7,183 people have been cured of the disease so far. As many as 134 more people were cured of the disease and discharged from hospitals, taking the recovery rate among COVID-19 patients in the State to 70.28 per cent. A 54-year-old sub-inspector of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and a 51-year-old official of Border Road Task Force (BRTF), succumbed to the infection, taking the State's coronavirus death toll to 18.

The SSB sub-inspector working at Bomdila in West Kameng district died of COVID-19 related complications at Namsai district on October 1.

The BRTF official from Upper Siang district died of COVID-19 on September 30 at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh. He had been admitted to the Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH) at Pasighat in East Sang district on September 13, but was later referred to the AMCH, as his condition deteriorated on September 16, said Dr Jampa.

Of the 200 fresh cases, 87 were reported from the Capital Complex region, followed by Anjaw (37); West Siang (18); seven cases each from Lower Dibang Valley and West Kameng; six each from Papumpare and Tawang; five each from East Siang, Kurung Kumey and Upper Siang districts; four from Tirap; three from Lower Subansiri; two each from Changlang, Lepa Rada and East Kameng; and one each from Upper Subansiri, Lower Siang, Lohit and Longding.

Among the new patients are five Army men, two state police personnel and an ITBP jawan , he said, adding that four prisoners in Lower Dibang Valley district and three Health workers in Kurung Kumey have also contracted the infection.

Barring 16, all the new patients are asymptomatic and shifted to Covid-19 care centers, the official said. A total of 2, 53, 413 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, including 2,420 on Friday, Jampa added. The Capital Complex region — comprising the areas of Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa — has the highest number of active coronavirus cases at 1,627.

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