Arunachal Pradesh logs 22 new Covid-19 cases

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ITANAGAR: The Covid-19 caseload in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 55,065 with 22 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said here on Friday. The death toll in the frontier state remained at 280, as no casualty was reported in the past 24 hours. Arunachal Pradesh now has 140 active cases, while 54,645 people have recuperated from the disease thus far including 20 on Thursday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. The recovery rate stands at 99.24 per cent while the percentage of active cases is 0.25, he said. West Kameng district has the highest number of active cases at 42, followed by Tawang (20), Namsai (18) and East Siang with 11 cases, the SSO said.

The northeastern state has tested 11,78,328 lakh samples for Covid-19 till date, including 1,295 on Thursday, Jampa said adding, the positivity rate in the state stood at 1.69 per cent. A total of 12,76,167 people have been inoculated in the state thus far, said State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung.

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