33 new Covid cases in Manipur, state’s total count rises to 145

Manipur reports 33 new Covid-19 cases across three districts, bringing the total to 145, according to health officials.
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IMPHAL: Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Manipur, where 33 people, including women, tested positive for the virus on Sunday, taking the total cumulative cases in the northeastern state to 145, health officials said. State health officials said that 101 samples were tested on Sunday, and 33 samples were found positive for Covid-19 in three districts – Imphal West (27), Imphal East (3) and Thoubal (3).

According to the officials, of the total positive cases of 145 on Sunday, 103 were reported in Imphal West district, 29 in Imphal East district, six in Thoubal district, four in Bishnupur, two in Tengnoupal and one in Kakching district.

Except for the tribal-inhabited Tengnoupal district, the remaining five districts fall in the Imphal Valley region. Manipur reported its first Covid case on June 9, when a 23-year-old woman tested positive for Covid-19 in Manipur, the first such case in the northeastern state in the current wave of the coronavirus infection. At present, the Covid-19 positivity rate in Manipur stands at 32.7 percent. In all, 122 people with Covid positive cases remained in home quarantine. (IANS)

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