Arunachal registers 95 COVID-19 positive cases with 88 active patients

ITANAGAR: With four fresh COVID-19 positive cases reported in Arunachal Pradesh, the number of total novel coronavirus cases in the State rose to 95 with 88 active patients while seven were discharged from COVID care centres after being cured, a senior health official informed.

Among the four new cases reported in the north-eastern state on Monday, two were from worst-hit Changlang district, while one each was detected in Tirap and West Kameng district respectively, he said.

All the cases were reported from quarantine centers and were asymptomatic, State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa informed.

The infected persons detected in Changlang district were returnees from Noida in UP while the one from Tirap in Tirap district is a Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) personneol who had recently returned from Tinsukia in Assam, Dr Jampa said.

The person from West Kameng district is Army personnel who had recently returned to the state from Samastipur in Bihar. So far five defence personnel infected with the virus were detected in the state.

Among the active cases in the state till Monday, 57 are from Changlang district, followed by 9 from East Siang district, four from West Kameng, Lohit, Tirap and Lower Diang Valley districts reported two each cases and one each from Tawang, Namsai, Longding and West Siang districts.

Eight active cases are from the capital complex -- comprising Itanagar and Naharlagun.

Seven patients were discharged after being cured in the state.

The first case in Arunachal Pradesh was reported in April 2, after a 31-year-old man tested positive for the disease following his return from a religious congregation in Delhi. He was discharged from a hospital on April 16.

After almost six weeks, the state had registered its second case on May 24, after a student who had returned from Delhi tested positive for the disease.

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