Covid-19 recovery outnumbers fresh cases across Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: Single-day recoveries outnumbered fresh Covid-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday as 64 more people recuperated from the disease while 53 new infections were registered. The new cases pushed the tally in the north-eastern State to 53,604. As many as 52,729 people have recovered from the disease thus far, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa here.

The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients improved marginally to 98.37 per cent from 98.34 per cent the previous day. The positivity rate currently stands at 1.82 per cent.

The death toll in the frontier State remained 269 as no casualty was reported in the past 24 hours. Arunachal Pradesh currently has 606 active cases.

The Capital Complex Region -- comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa -- has the highest number of active cases at 100, followed by Lower Subansiri at 62, East Siang (55), West Kameng (53) and Changlang at 42.

As many as 10,86,268 samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far, including 2,911 on Thursday, added Jampa.

Meanwhile, State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said that 10,21,205 people have been inoculated in the State so far.

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