COVID-19: 3 deaths, 150 cases recorded
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 10 2021: A day after no death was reported , the Covid death toll in Manipur has moved up to 1,885 with one death each reported from Ukhrul, Thoubal and Bishnupur while the daily Covid positivity rate has risen to 7.4 percent.

According to COVID-19 Common Control Room, none of the deceased was vaccinated against COVID-19 .

The number of fresh cases detected in the last 24 hours is 150 which include one CAPF personnel while the number of samples tested in the period was 2,020 .

The positive persons from the general population are from Imphal East (38), Imphal West (61), Thoubal (5), Bishnupur (12), Ukhrul (8), Churachandpur (9), Chandel (1), Kangpokpi (1), Tamenglong (1) and Kamjong (13) .

Among the districts, the positivity rate was highest in Kamjong at 17.3 percent and followed by Imphal East (10.4 percent) and Imphal West (9.9 percent).

After the discharge of 134 persons from Home Isolation (42), RIMS (6), JNIMS (10) and CCCs (76), the recovery rate now stands at 97.4 percent and the number of active cases is 1,729 .

The cumulative figure of Covid cases in the State, on the other hand, is 1,22,003 .

A total of 1033 D-type and 159 B-type oxygen cylinders were distributed to different health facilities in Manipur in the last 24 hours while 5,796 Covid vaccine doses were administered on October 9 .

So far, 5,39,798 Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the State, according to the Government bulletin.

As enumerated by the COVID-19 Common Control Room, COVID-19 beds available at different health care centres are RIMS (general beds 204; ICU/HDU beds 26), JNIMS (general beds 45; ICU/HDU beds 2), CMC Koirengei (general beds 26; ICU/HDU beds 08), Iboyaima Hospital (general beds 25; ICU/HDU beds 5), Jivan Hospital (general beds 20; ICU/HDU beds 5), Shija Hospital (general beds 48; ICU/HDU beds 36) and Raj Medicity (general beds 77; ICU/HDU beds 21) .

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