OUR CORRESPONDENT
ITANAGAR: At least 17 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh during the last 24 hours, pushing the tally in the State to 16,553. Meanwhile, 21 virus-infected patients were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 16,264, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) DrLobsangJampa on Wednesday.
Arunachal Pradesh now has 234 active cases, and the death toll remained at 55 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported. The recovery rate stands at 98.25 per cent. The COVID-19 fatality ratio is 0.33 per cent. The State's positivity rate now stands at 1.75 per cent.
Of the fresh cases, five were reported from Tawang; three each from Changlang and East Siang; besides one each from Siang, Lohit, West Kameng, Papumpare, Upper Siang and Tirap districts. Among the new patients are three Assam Rifles personnel and an Army jawan. All the fresh infections were detected through Rapid Antigen Tests. All the new patients, barring eight, were asymptomatic. The Capital Complex region — comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas — has the highest number of active cases at 100, followed by Changlang (26), East Siang (23) and West Kameng (22).
The State has so far tested 3,70,128 samples for COVID-19, including 588 on Tuesday, added Dr Jampa.