Covid claims 1 more, 56 positive
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 24 2022:
Even as 56 more people tested positive for Covid in the last 24 hours, the virus claimed one more life to take the total number of deaths to 2105 .
The 56 new cases were detected while testing a total sample of 1479 to take the daily positivity rate to 3.8 percent.
The 56 persons who tested positive in the last 24 hours are from Imphal East (13), Imphal West (27), Bishnupur (1), Kakching (2), Kangpokpi (1), Jiribam (1), Tamenglong (1), Noney (1), Ukhrul (1), Chandel (5) and Churachandpur (3) .
The cumulative number of positive cases has gone up to 1,36,654 including 5007 Central security personnel.
The number of active cases is now 563 inclusive of 18 Central security personnel.
The positive cases were detected at RIMS (1), JNIMS (5) and other testing centres (50) .
The person who passed away due to the virus was fully vaccinated, said the COVID-19 Common Control Room though he suffered from co-morbidities.
On the other hand 57 persons were discharged in the last 24 hours from home isolation (41), RIMS (6), JNIMS (6) and CCCs (4) to take the cumulative number of recovered cases to 1,33,986 including 4982 Central security personnel.
The recovery rate has gone up to 98.05 percent.
On February 23, a total of 5162 doses were administered and 48.03 percent of the eligible population have received the second jab while 60.79 have received the first shot.