No new COVID-19 cases detected in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh Covid-19 case in the past two days, a senior health official said here on Sunday.

The total caseload remained in the northeastern State at 16,836 while the number of recoveries as of now stands at 16, 775, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

Arunachal Pradesh currently has 5 active COVID-19 cases, while 56 people have succumbed to the infection so far.

The recovery rate in the state has touched 99.63 per cent, while the positivity ratio stands at 0.02 per cent and the fatality rate at 0.33 per cent, the official said.

Namsai district has the highest number of active cases at four. Altogether, 4,03,289 samples have been tested for COVID-19, including 226 on Saturday, the SSO said.

Meanwhile, State Immunization Officer (SIO) Dimong Padung informed that 18,697 health and frontline workers have received vaccine shots so far in the State.

The health department has been carrying out the inoculation drive four days a week — Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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