Covid-case-free day in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh COVID-19 case on Monday, with the total caseload in the State remaining at 64,484, while no person recovered from the disease during the period, a senior Health Department official said here.

The active COVID-19 cases in the State remained at nine, while 64,179 persons recuperated from the infection thus far, he said. The death toll in the frontier State remained unchanged at 296, as no casualty was reported in the past 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The recovery rate remained at 99.53 per cent, he said. The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, has the highest number of active cases at 5, followed by West Kameng, Upper Siang, Lohit and Anjaw districts with one each, the SSO said.

A total of 12,67,967 samples have been tested for the infection in the State so far, including 82 on Sunday, Jampa said, adding that the positivity rate remained at 0.59 per cent. State Immunization Officer (SIO) Dr Dimong Padung said over 16.51 lakh people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines so far in the State.

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