COVID-19 recoveries surpass fresh cases in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: Single-day COVID-19 recoveries surpassed fresh cases in Arunachal Pradesh, as 49 more people recuperated from the disease while 10 new infections were registered, a health department official said here on Monday. The 10 new cases pushed the total COVID-19 caseload in the north-eastern State to 54,070. A total of 53,377 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 49 on Sunday, he said. The COVID-19 recovery rate improved marginally to 98.71 per cent from 98.64 per cent the previous day, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state remained at 271 as no fresh fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, the official said. Arunachal Pradesh currently has 422 active COVID-19 cases.

According to State Immunization Officer Dr Dimong Padung, a total of 10,79,245 people have been inoculated so far in the State.

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