Single-day recoveries outnumber fresh Covid-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh

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ITANAGAR: Single-day recoveries outnumbered fresh Covid-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh, as 59 more people recuperated from the disease on Thursday while 44 new infections were registered, a health department official said here on Friday.

The new cases pushed the total caseload in the northeastern state to 54,285.

As many as 53,584 people have recovered from the disease thus far in the state, he said. The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients improved marginally to 98.71 per cent from 98.68 per cent the previous day, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. The positivity rate currently stands at 1.55 per cent.

The death toll in the frontier state remained at 273 as no casualty was reported in the past 24 hours, the official said. Arunachal Pradesh currently has 428 active cases. Lower Subansiri has the highest number of active cases at 62, followed by Tawang (61), Tirap (56) and West Kameng at 47 cases.

As many as 11,29,216 samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far, including 2,823 on Thursday, Jampa added. According to State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung, a total of 11,21,952 people have been inoculated thus far in the state.

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