Arunachal COVID tally rises to 14,998, recovery rate stands at 88.26 per cent

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ITANAGAR: At least 117 more persons tested positive for COVID-19, pushing the caseload in the State to 14,998. Arunachal Pradesh currently has 1,722 active cases. While 13,238 cured of the disease, the recovery rate now stands at 88.26 per cent. The COVID positivity rate in the State stands at 11.74 per cent, and the death rate at 0.25 per cent, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa on Tuesday.

Barring 11, all new patients are asymptomatic and have been shifted to COVID Care Centres.

A 72-year-old man from Chisi village in Leparada district died of the viral disease on Monday in a Dedicated COVID Hospital in East Siang district, taking the number of fatalities to 38 in the State. He was suffering from chronic bronchitis, said Jampa. Of the 117 fresh cases, 34 were reported from the Capital Complex region; 16 from East Siang; 12 from Lower Subansiri; nine from Lower Dibang Valley; seven from Changlang; six from Tawang; five each from KurungKumey and PakkeKessang; four each from West Kameng, LepaRada and Upper Siang; three from Upper Subansiri; two each from Tirap and Namsai; and one each from Lohit, Anjaw, Papumpare and West Siang districts.

"Among the new patients are two Army personnel and eight Healthcare workers. Altogether 112 new cases were detected through Rapid Antigen tests, three through RT-PCR and two through True Nat," said DrJampa.

The Capital Complex region — comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas — has the maximum number of active cases at 989, followed by West Siang at 97, West Kameng at 85 and Lohit at 73.

As many as 3,21,688 samples were examined for COVID-19 so far, including 2,094 on Monday.

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