Amid covid-19 rises across the country, Arunachal Pradesh's caseload rose to 16,367 as 18 more people tested positive for the virus, a health department official said here on Saturday. One more person succumbed to the infection on Thursday, pushing the number of fatalities in the northeastern state to 55, State Surveillance Officer Dr. Lobsang Jampa said.
The 80-year-old man, who was suffering from diabetes mellitus with hypertension, died due to septic shock at the Dedicated Covid Hospital (DCH) at Chimpu., the official said. Of the 18 fresh cases, six were reported from the Capital Complex region, three each from Papumpare and West Kameng and one each from West Siang, Lohit, East Siang, Upper Siang, Changlang and Lower Dibang Valley district respectively, the SSO said.
Sixteen cases were diagnosed through rapid antigen-tests and two were detected through True Nat tests. Except seven all the patients are asymptomatic and shifted to Covid Care Centres, he said. Thirty-six more people recovered from COVID-19, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 15,561. Arunachal Pradesh now has 751 active coronavirus cases, the official said.
The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state has climbed to 95.07 percent, he said. The positivity and fatality rates stand at 4.93 percent and 0.33 percent respectively, Dr Jampa said.
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