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ITANAGAR: Single-day recoveries outnumbered fresh COVID-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh, as 47 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours while 12 new cases were reported, a health department official said here on Wednesday.
The fresh cases pushed the virus tally in the State to 64,439, he said.
The death toll in the State remained at 296, as no casualty was reported in the past 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
As many as 64,044 people were cured from the infection thus far in the State.
Of the fresh cases, three were reported from Longding, two each from Tawang and Namsai and one each from Papum Pare, Capital Complex Region, East Siang, Lower Subansiri and Upper Siang district respectively, the official said.
The recovery rate among patients marginally improved to 99.39 per cent from 99.33 per cent the previous day, he said.
Among the fresh cases, 10 were detected through rapid antigen tests and two through TrueNAT method, Jampa said, adding that six of them have developed COVID-19 symptoms.
The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, has the highest number of active cases at 26, followed by Lower Subansiri (13) and nine each at Upper Siang and Tawang district respectively.
A total of 12,63,820 samples have been tested for the infection in the State so far, including 259 on Tuesday Jampa said, adding that the positivity rate increased to 4.63 per cent from 1.25 per cent the previous day.
State Immunization Officer (SIO) Dr Dimong Padung said that over 16.37 lakh people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines so far.
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