COVID positivity rate dips below one percent in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: The COVID-19 positivity rate in Arunachal Pradesh dipped to 0.27 per cent, as the north-eastern State reported only three fresh positive cases, a senior health official said here on Monday.

Single-day recoveries continue to outnumber fresh cases with 38 more people recuperated from the disease on Sunday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa informed. The new cases pushed the virus tally to 54,352. As many as 53,755 people have recovered from the disease thus far in the state, the official said. The death toll in the frontier State remained at 274 as no casualties were reported in the past 24 hours, the SSO said.

Arunachal Pradesh currently has 323 active cases. According to State Immunization Officer Dr Dimong Padung, a total of 11,43,038 people have been inoculated thus far in the State.

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