Arunachal Pradesh records 165 new COVID-19 cases

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ITANAGAR: The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 51,513 with 165 more persons testing positive for the infection, a senior health department official said here on Tuesday.

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 39, followed by Lower Subansiri (14), Papumpare and Tawang at 13 cases each, West Kameng and East Siang at 11 each, Lohit (9) and seven each cases at Anjaw and West Siang district, the official said. Six fresh cases each were also reported from Upper Subansiri, Upper Siang, Lower Dibang Valley and Changlang, four from Siang, two each from Dibang Valley and Namsai and one each from Tirap, Shi-Yomi, Pakke Kessang, Longding, Leparada, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, East Kameng and Kamle district respectively, the SSO said. The active cases in the State now stand at 1,836, he said.

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