Arunachal Pradesh logs 48 new COVID-19 cases

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh reported 48 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the virus tally in the north-eastern State to 51,348, a senior health department official said here on Monday.

The death toll in the frontier State remained at 252 as no death was reported in the past 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. The Capital Complex Region recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 30, followed by Papumpare (6), two each from Tawang and West Kameng and one each from West Siang, Upper Siang, Lower Subansiri, Lower Siang, Lohit, Leparada, Changlang and Dibang Valley district respectively, the official said.

Among the fresh cases, 40 were detected through Rapid Antigen tests and 8 through RT-PCR method, the official said adding, 23 people were with symptoms. The active cases in the State now stand at 1,920, he said. As many as 255 patients were cured of the disease on Sunday taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 49,176, Jampa said. The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the State stands at 95.77 per cent while the active percentage stands at 3.74 and the positivity rate at 3.85 per cent, the official said. State Immunization Officer (SSO) Dr Dimong Padung informed that a total of 9,08,646 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine doses so far in the State since the inoculation drive began in January this year.

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