Arunachal registers 75 new corona positive cases; Active cases: 923

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ITANAGAR: Altogether 75 more persons, including 17 security personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, raising the total caseload to 2,950 on Thursday.

State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa further informed that 73 persons recovered from the disease, pushing the total number of recoveries across the State to 2,022. Arunachal Pradesh, which had reported its first COVID-19 case on April 2, has 923 active cases at present. Five patients have died so far.

While the Capital Complex region reported 16 new cases, there were nine from West Kameng; six from Papumpare; five each from Lower Siang and Tirap; four each from Upper Subansiri, Changlang and Lohit; three each from Namsai, Anjaw and East Siang; two each from Leparada, West Siang, East Kameng, Tawang and Longding districts; and one case each from Upper Siang, Lower Subansiri and Dibang Valley.

"A total of 14 paramilitary personnel — five in West Kameng, four in Lohit, two each in West Siang and Tawang and one in Upper Siang — are among the new patients, he said adding, three policemen two from the Capital Complex region and one from Changlang — are also infected with the virus. Barring seven, all of them are asymptomatic and shifted to COVID Care Centres," said Dr Jampa.

Of the 73 new recoveries on Thursday, 21 were reported from West Kameng district; 12 from East Siang; 11 from East Kameng; six from Changlang; five from Tirap; four each from Papumpare, Namsai, and the Capital Complex region; three from Tawang; two from Lower Siang; and one from Upper Siang district.

West Kameng district has the highest number of active cases at 144, followed by 115 in the Capital Complex region - comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, and other districts.

A total of 1,479 people, including 597 security personnel, have tested positive for the infection in the State since August 1.

The recovery rate among the COVID-19 patients across the State has improved significantly to 68.54 per cent, as 1,240 people have been cured of the disease since the beginning of this month.

The State has so far tested 1,33,048 samples for COVID-19, including 2,787 on Wednesday, added Dr Jampa.

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