3 COVID-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh reported three fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 16,836. All the three cases were reported from Namsai district and were primary contacts of a positive case detected earlier in the State, said State Surveillance Officer DrLobsangJampa.

Meanwhile, as many as 18,697 Health and frontline workers have received vaccine shots so far.

Arunachal Pradesh currently has 5 active COVID-19 cases, while 56 people have succumbed to the infection so far. The recovery rate in the State has touched 99.63 per cent, while the positivity ratio stands at 0.02 per cent and the fatality rate at 0.33 per cent.

Namsai district has the highest number of active cases at four. Altogether, 4,02,617 samples have been tested for COVID-19, including 532 on Thursday, said DrJampa.

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