ITANAGAR: Altogether 29 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, taking the State's tally to 491. The State now has 335 active cases, while 153 people have recovered from the disease, three patients died of the infection. A total of 34,619 samples have been tested so far in the State.
Of the new cases, 14 were reported from Namsai district, two from Leparada, one from Lower Siang and 12 from the Capital Complex region.
"Eleven of the 12 cases in the Capital Complex were detected from various parts of the region. One patient was a returnee and detected from a quarantine centre. Contact-tracing of the 11 patients in the region will be conducted on Thursday," informed State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa.
All the fresh COVID-19 patients from three districts had recently returned from other States and were in quarantine facilities. Barring one, all of them are asymptomatic and have been admitted to various Covid Care Centres, he said.
The Capital Complex region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has so far registered 205 cases — the highest in the State; followed by Changlang (33), Namsai (30), West Kameng (15), East Siang (12) and Lower Subansiri (12).
Arunachal Pradesh had remained virus-free till May 23. It witnessed a spurt in COVID-19 cases after residents started returning from other parts of the country.