Arunachal logs single Covid-19 case, tally at 55,299

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ITANAGAR: One more person tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, pushing the virus tally in the northeastern state to 55,299, a senior health official said here.

As many as 54,989 people recuperated from the disease so far in the state, while the recovery rate remained at 99.44 per cent and the active ratio stood at 0.05 per cent, the official said.

Not a single person recovered from the infection on Thursday, he said. The Coronavirus death toll in the frontier state remained unchanged at 280 as no fresh fatality was registered in the past 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The northeastern state now has 30 active cases, he said.

West Kameng district has the highest number of active cases at 13, followed by the Capital Complex Region – comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas (9) and Tawang at four cases.

A total of 12,00,871 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the state thus far including, 279 on Thursday, Jampa said adding, the positivity rate stood at 0.35 per cent.

State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung informed that a total of 14,33,386 people have been inoculated so far in the state including, 2,748 on Wednesday.

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