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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh witnessed a dip in COVID-19 cases in the past two days, while the number of recoveries in the northeastern state recorded a high margin, a senior health official said here on Monday.
134 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the state, pushing the total caseload to 31,282, he said.
The death toll in the frontier state rose to 145 with two more persons succumbed to the disease in the past two days, the official said.
A 60-year-old man from the Capital Complex Region died at the Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH) at Chimpu, near here on Sunday, due to acute respiratory distress syndrome and Covid Pneumonia, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
Another man of 38 years of age from the Lohit district died at the Chimpu DCH on Saturday due to acute respiratory distress syndrome and COVID Pneumonia, he said.
The Capital Complex Region continued to report a high number of fresh cases with 35, followed by West Kameng (19), Anjaw (18), Changlang (15) and Lower Subansiri at 11.
Five new cases each were also recorded at Tawang, Kra Daadi and Lohit, three each in Upper Subansiri, Lower Siang, Kurung Kumey and East Kameng, two each from Papumpare, East Siang, Leparada and Tirap and one from Longding district, the SSO said.
Of the fresh cases 130 were detected through rapid antigen tests and two each through RT-PCR and TrueNat methods, the official said adding, 51 people were with symptoms.
The active cases in the state now stand at 2,885, he said.
As many as 434 patients were cured of the disease on Sunday taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 28,252, Jampa said.
The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the State stands at 90.31 per cent while the active percentage stands at 9.22 and the positivity rate at 3.58 per cent, he said. The Capital Complex Region - comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas - has the highest number of active cases at 462, followed by Changlang (285), West Kameng (220), Namsai (190), Lohit (169) and Upper Subansiri at 166 cases.
Altogether, 6,73,167 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the State so far, including 3,739 on Sunday, Jampa said.
State Immunization Officer Dr Dimong Padung said that a total of 4,21,082 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine doses so far in the state since the inoculation drive began in January.
The State as on Sunday has a total of 1,45,640 vaccine doses available including, 1,19,030 supplied from the Centre and 26,610 purchased by the state government from Serum Institute of India, Dr Padung added.
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