COVID-19 death toll rises to 274 in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: The COVID-19 death toll in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 274 with one more casualty reported in the north-eastern state on Saturday, a senior health department official said.

A 76-year-old woman from Lower Subansiri district died at a health facility in the district on due to acute respiratory distress syndrome with Covid Pneumonia, the official said here on Sunday. Meanwhile, single-day recoveries continue to surpass fresh COVID-19 cases in the frontier State, as 79 more people recuperated from the disease on Saturday while 33 new infections were registered, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa informed. The new cases pushed the virus tally to 54,349. The positivity rate currently stands at 1.37 per cent, while Arunachal Pradesh currently has 358 active cases. According to State Immunization Officer Dr Dimong Padung, a total of 11,40,864 people have been inoculated thus far in the State.

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