Arunachal Pradesh reports four more COVID-19 deaths

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday registered four more casualties related COVID-19, pushing the toll to 42, while the caseload rose to 15,083 with 85 people testing positive for the infection on Wednesday. The State currently has 1,674 active cases. While 13,367 patients have been cured of the disease, with the recovery rate now touching 88.62 per cent. The COVID-19 positivity rate in the State stands at 11.38 per cent and the death rate at 0.27 per cent, informed State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa.

Three succumbed to the infection at a Dedicated COVID Hospital here on Tuesday and one at a military hospital in West Kameng.

Of the 85 fresh cases, 18 were reported from West Kameng, 15 from the Capital Complex region; seven from Tawang; six each from Lohit and Shi-Yomi districts; five from Tirap and East Siang; four each from West Siang, Papumpare and Lower Dibang Valley; two each from Namsai, Lower Subansiri and Longding; and one each from Kurung Kumey, Pakke Kessang, Kamle, Upper and Lower Siang.

Among the new patients are an Army man and two Healthcare workers. Barring 14, all new patients are asymptomatic and have been shifted to COVID Care Centres.

One case was detected through True Nat and 84 others through Rapid Antigen tests, Dr Jampa explained.

The Capital Complex region — comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas — has the maximum number of active cases at 955, followed by West Siang at 89, West Kameng at 82 and East Siang at 64.

As many as 3,24,062 samples were examined for COVID-19 so far, including 2,419 on Tuesday, added Dr Jampa.

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