Arunachal records 31 new COVID-19 cases tally 16 262

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    Itanagar, Nov 29 (PTI) At least 31 more people tested
positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday, pushing
the tally to 16,262, while one more person succumbed to the
infection, raising the toll to 51, a senior official said.
    The deceased, a 50-year-old man from Innao village in
Changlang district, was suffering from a liver disease, State
Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
    Of the 31 fresh cases, seven were reported from the
Capital Complex region, four from West Kameng and three each
from Changlang, East Siang and Lepa Rada, he said.
    Two cases each were recorded in Lower Dibang Valley,
Tirap and Lower Siang, while one each in Kra Daadi, Tawang,
Namsai, Lower Subansiri and Upper Siang, the SSO said.
    Twenty nine cases were detected through through rapid
antigen tests, and one each through RT-PCR and TrueNat, Dr
Jampa stated.
    Barring five, all new patients are asymptomatic and
have been shifted to COVID care centres.
    Fifty-three more people have recuperated from the
viral infection, taking the total number of recoveries in the
state to 15,323.
    Arunachal Pradesh currently has 888 active coronavirus
cases, the official said.
    The recovery rate has improved to 94.22 per cent.
    The positivity rate in the state stands at 5.78 per
cent and the fatality rate at 0.31 per cent.
    The Capital Complex region, comprising Itanagar,
Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, has the highest
number of active cases at 607, followed by West Kameng at 64,
East Siang at 30, Lepa Rada at 28 and Changlang at 27, the
official said.
    As many as 3,57,695 samples have been tested for
COVID-19 in the state so far, including 1,034 on Saturday. PTI
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