Arunachal reports 8 more COVID-19 cases tally rises to 16 861

    Itanagar, Apr 8 (PTI) Arunachal Pradesh reported eight
fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the tally to 16,861, a health
department official said on Thursday.
    The northeastern state now has 17 active cases, while
16,788 people have recovered from the disease so far, State
Surveillance Officer Lobsang Jampa said.
    The contagion has claimed 56 lives in Arunachal
Pradesh.
    Altogether, 4,15,547 samples have been tested,
including 330 on Wednesday, Jampa said.
    Meanwhile, State Immunisation Officer Dimong Padung
said a total of 96,887 people have been inoculated in the
state thus far since January. PTI UPL
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