18 test positive
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 16 2022:
With 18 new cases of COVID-19 reported during the last 24 hours, the cumulative number of positive cases has reached 1,39,537.No Covid related fatalities were reported during the last 24 hours.
The 18 cases, all from general population, were reported from Imphal East (5), Imphal West (5), Bishnupur (1), Kakching (1), Senapati (1), Pherzawl (1), Ukhrul (2) and Churachandpur (2) out of446 samples tested at various centres putting the daily positive rate at 4 percent.
As no fatalities were reported during the last 24 hours, the death toll stayed at 2,143 .
25 persons were also discharged today after completion of surveillance from home isolation (22), RIMS (1) and JNIMS (2) .
leaving 149 active cases at present in the State.
This has pushed the recovery rate to 98.36 percent.
Just 247 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on August 15 .
The cumulative doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered so far till yesterday is 31,45,312 including 16,23,321 first doses, 12,94,490 second doses
and 2,27,591 of precautionary doses.