Arunachal Pradesh registers highest single-day COVID-19 spike

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh registered its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as 249 people, including seven security personnel, tested positive for the infection. The State registered its previous highest single-day spike of 221 coronavirus cases on September 17, said State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa.

The fresh infections have pushed Arunachal Pradesh's caseload to 7,844. Meanwhile, one more patient succumbed to the infection, taking the State's coronavirus death toll to 14. Arunachal Pradesh now has 2,052 active coronavirus cases, while 5,778 people have recovered from the disease.

Meanwhile, 135 more patients have been cured of the disease and discharged from hospitals on Tuesday. The recovery rate among the COVID-19 patients in the State now stands at 73.66 per cent.

A 60-year-old COVID-19 patient died at the State-run Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) in Naharlagun on Tuesday, the official said, adding that he was referred to the hospital in a critical condition from Hapoli in Lower Subansiri district. The body has been cremated as per COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedure.

Of the fresh cases, 140 were reported from the Capital Complex region; 22 from Changlang; 21 from Upper Subansiri; nine from West Siang, eight from East Siang; seven each from Lower Subansiri and Anjaw; six from Tawang; five from Lower Siang; four from Upper Siang; three each from Papumpare and Pakke Kessang; two each from West Kameng, Lower Dibang Valley, Kurung Kumey, Longding and Leparada; and one each from Namsai, Tirap, Kra Daadi and Lohit districts respectively.

"Among the new patients are three policemen and two jawans each of Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), besides 11 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel and a Health worker ," said Dr Jampa.

The Capital Complex region, comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases at 941, followed by West Siang (179), Papumpare (149) and Changlang (125).

The State has so far tested 2,28,242 samples for Covid-19, including 2,906 on Tuesday, added Jampa.

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