Arunachal Pradesh reports three new Coronavirus cases

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ITANAGAR: The COVID-19 tally of Arunachal Pradesh mounted to 16,811 on Monday as three more persons tested positive for the infection.

Meanwhile, seven more infected persons recuperated from the disease on Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries in the State to 16,697. The COVID-19 recovery rate has touched 99.32 per cent, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) DrLobsangJampa.

Arunachal Pradesh currently has 58 active Coronavirus cases, while 56 people have succumbed to the infection so far. The fatality ratio in the State is 0.33 per cent and the positivity rate 0.34 per cent.

While two new cases were detected from Tawang, one was reported from West Kameng district.

Barring one, all the new cases are asymptomatic while two cases were detected through Rapid Antigen Tests, one was diagnosed through the RT-PCR method.

West Kameng district has the highest number of active cases at 25, followed by the Capital Complex region, comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas at 13, while Tawang and Changlang districts have five cases each. The State has so far tested 3,87,291 samples, including 170 on Sunday, added DrJampa.

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