COVID-19 cases near 100-mark in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: The novel coronavirus cases in Arunachal Pradesh inched towards the 100-mark with four more persons testing positive for the infection, a senior health official said on Wednesday.

The four new cases have taken the virus count in the state to 99, of which 92 are active cases and seven persons have recovered, he said.

Three new patients are from the worst-affected Changlang district while one is from the state capital, State Surveillance Officer, Dr L Jampa, said.

All the new cases were reported from quarantine centres and the patients were asymptomatic, he said, adding they have been shifted to Covid-19 care centres.

The three new patients in Changlang had returned from Delhi while the one in the state capital had come back from Kolkata, Jampa said.

Among the active cases in the state, 60 are from Changlang district, while nine are from Capital Complex – comprising Itanagar and Naharlagun, and another nine from East Siang.

While four active cases are reported from West Kameng district, Lohit, Lower Dibang Valley and Tirap districts have reported two cases each.

Longding, Namsai, Tawang and West Siang districts have reported only one case each.

So far seven patients were discharged after being cured of the disease, Dr Jampa added.

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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