Arunachal Pradesh registers 125 new COVID cases, two casualties

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh reported 125 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing the virus tally in the Northeastern state to 52,044, a senior health department official said here on Saturday.

The toll tally in the frontier state increased to 257, with two more persons succumbing to the infection in the past two days.

A 52-year-old man from the Capital Complex Region died at the Dedicated Covid Hospital (DCH) at Chimpu near here on Friday while another man of 65 years age from Tawang died in the same hospital on Thursday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

Both the persons with comorbidities, died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome with Covid Pneumonia, he said.

The Capital Complex Region recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 37, followed by Lower Subansiri (23), West Siang (9) East Siang and West Kameng at eight each and six each from Lohit and Changlang, the SSO said.

A total of five fresh cases each were also reported from Anjaw and Lower Siang, four from Upper Siang, three each from Leparada and Lower Dibang Valley, two each from Kamle, Namsai and Tirap and one each from Upper Subansiri and Tawang district respectively, the official said.

Among the fresh cases, 113 were detected through rapid antigen tests, 2 through RT-PCR and 10 through TrueNAT method, the official said adding, 60 people were with symptoms.

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