Cases of coronavirus are surging in the state of Arunachal. A total of 279 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the State's tally to 11,760. As of date, there are 2,860 active COVID-19 cases. Altogether 198 people have been healed of the disease on Friday, taking the total number of improvements to 8,877. The recovery rate stands at 75.48 percent, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr. Lobsang Jampa on Saturday.

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Recently, of the 279 fresh cases, 103 were reported from the Capital Complex region, followed by Changlang (41); West Siang (34); Lohit (19); Tirap (17); Upper Subansiri (11); East Siang (7); six each from Pakke Kessang and Tawang; four each from Lower Dibang Valley, Papumpare, Upper Siang and Lower Subansiri; three each from Namsai, Dibang Valley, Siang, Longding and West Kameng; two from Kurung Kumey; and one each from Lower Siang and Kra Daadi districts. Barring 45, all the new patients are asymptomatic and shifted to COVID Care Centers.

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Among the new patients are two Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans, four Police constables, one personnel each from the India Reserve Battalion (IRBn) and Assam Rifles jawan; two Healthcare workers from Tawang and four personnel of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) from Lower Subansiri. Other than among those who got infected by the disease during the last 24 hours are 36 undertrial prisoners 22 from Changlang and 14 from Lohit.

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