OUR CORRESPONDENT
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 5,180 as 180 more people including 11 security personnel and four Healthcare workers have tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, State Surveillance Officer, Dr L Jampa. The Capital complex region reported the highest number of new cases at 42, followed by Anjaw (25); Papumpare (15); 14 each in East Siang and Longding; 12 in West Siang; 11 each in Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley; 10 in Changlang; seven in Lower Siang; six in East Kameng; four in Lower Subansiri; three each in West Kameng and Namsai; two in Tawang; and one in Shi-Yomi district.
"Altogether 11 security personnel including eight ITBP jawans, two Army men, one CRPF constable and four firefighters are among the new cases," he said, adding that four Healthcare workers and 26 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel are also infected with the virus. As many as 124 more people were cured of the disease and discharged from hospitals on Monday, the official added.
The recovery rate among the COVID-19 patients in the state now stands at 69.42 per cent.
Arunachal Pradesh now has 1,576 active COVID-19 cases as 3,596 people have recovered from the disease and eight patients have succumbed to the infection so far.
The Capital Complex region, comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, has the highest number of active cases at 288. The State has so far tested 1,88,435 samples for COVID-19 including 3,113 on Monday, Jampa added.