Arunachal Pradesh logs 138 fresh COVID cases, two casualties

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh recorded a decline in Covid-19 cases in the past few days; with the number of recoveries increasing significantly.

Hundred and thirty-eight more people tested positive for the infection, pushing the total caseload in the state to 48, 260, a senior health official said here on Monday.

The death toll in the frontier state increased to 231, as two more persons succumbed to the infections on Sunday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

A 45-year old man from Anjaw died at his home due to Covid Pneumonia, while another 65 years old man from East Siang died at a health facility due to severe COVID-19 infection, the official said.

The Capital Complex Region registered the highest number of new cases at 59, followed by West Kameng and Lower Subansiri at 16 each, Papumpare, Upper Subansiri and West Siang at 7 each, six from Tirap, five each from Lohit and Siang, three from Changlang, two each from East Kameng and Longding and one each from Lower Siang, Leparada and Kamle district respectively, the SSO said.

Among the fresh cases, 133 were detected through rapid antigen tests, 4 through RT-PCR and one by TrueNat methods, the official said adding, 46 people were symptomatic.

The active cases in the state now stand at 3,675, he said. As many as 415 patients were cured of the disease on Sunday taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 44,354, Jampa said.

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