Highest one-day spike of 532 Covid cases in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: The COVID-19 caseload in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 58,803 after 532 more people tested positive for the infection on Saturday, the highest this month so far, a senior Health Department official said here.

The State had on Friday logged 449 infections.

Out of fresh count, 181 cases were registered in the Capital Complex Region, 49 in Lower Dibang Valley, 45 in Tirap, 43 in Namsai, 36 in Changlang, 34 in Lohit and 26 in Papumpare, the official said. One ITBP jawan and an official of NDRF are among the fresh cases, he said.

The death toll remained at 282 as no fresh fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

As many as 55,861 people have recuperated from the disease so far, including, 132 on Friday, Jampa said, adding that the recovery rate in State remained at 95%

Among the new cases, 485 were detected through rapid antigen test, 13 through RT-PCR process and 34 through TrueNAT methods, the SSO said, adding that 281 of them have developed COVID-19 symptoms.

Arunachal Pradesh now has 2,660 active cases.

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