Arunachal Pradesh logs 364 fresh COVID Cases, one fatality

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ITANAGAR: The COVID-19 caseload in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 28,382 with 364 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health department official said here on Friday. The death toll in the State increased to 119 with one more persons succumbing to the disease on Thursday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

New COVID Deaths in Arunachal Pradesh

A 41-year-old man from Changlang district died at the Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH) at Pasighat in East Siang district on Thursday due to COVID Pneumonia. He was suffering from Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus, the official said.

The Capital Complex region continued to witness the highest spurt in fresh cases with 58, followed by Tawang (50), Lohit (44), Lower Subansiri (32), West Kameng (30), Namsai (24), East Kameng (21), Changlang (17), Upper Subansiri (15) and Lower Dibang Valley at 14.

Ten each case were also reported from Anjaw and Leparada, seven from East Siang, five from Papumpare, four each from Kamle and Upper Siang, three each from Tirap, Lower Siang and Kra Daadi, two each from Kurung Kumey, Pakke Kessang, Shi-Yomi and West Siang and one each from Siang and Longding district respectively, the SSO said.

Of the fresh cases 356 were detected through rapid antigen tests, 7 through RT-PCR and one through TrueNat method, the official said adding, 118 people have symptoms.

The frontier State now has 3,843 active cases.

At least 337 more people were recuperated from the disease on Thursday, taking the total number of recoveries in the State to 24,420.

The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the State stands at 86.04 per cent while the active percentage stands at 13.54 and the positivity rate at 5.24 per cent, Jampa said.

The Capital Complex Region - comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas - has the highest number of active cases at 733, followed by Tawang (449), Changlang (328), Lower Subansiri (301), Namsai (283), West Kameng (236), Lower Dibang Valley (223) and Lohit with 219 cases.

Altogether, 6,07,591 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the State so far, including 7,986 on Wednesday, Jampa said.

State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said that a total of 3,59,154 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine doses so far in the State since the inoculation drive began in January.

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