The Covid death toll in Arunachal Pradesh climbed to 179 with two more fatalities, a senior health department official said on Tuesday.  The State reported 426 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike so far this month, raising the tally to 37,531, Earlier on May 29, Arunachal Pradesh had recorded the highest ever one-day rise as 497 people tested positive for the virus, State Surveillance Officer Lobsang Jampa said.

The Capital Complex Region reported the maximum number of 96 new infections, Sequentially new infections reported in the East Siang (56), West Kameng (44), Upper Subansiri (34), Lohit (32), Lower Dibang Valley (21), Papumpare (17), West Siang (16), Changlang (14) and Siang (13), the Surveillance Officer said.

The state now has 3,118 active cases, while 34,234 patients have recovered from the disease. The positivity rate and recovery rate stands at 7.29 per cent and 91.21 per cent, respectively. Altogether, 7,90,027 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state, including 5,840 since Monday, Jampa said.

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