Covid claims two in Bishnupur, infects 103
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 08 2021:
Bishnupur district on Sunday reported two fatalities and 103 new cases of Corona-virus from among the general population in the last 24 hours, said a release by district information officer Bishnupur.
With the two new fatalities, Bishnupur has so far seen a total of 233 Covid-19 deaths including 96 females.
The release informed that 103 new cases of Covid were detected from among general population taking the total count of cases to 7,914, out of which 6,925 have recovered.
Among the 756 active cases, 306 are in community isolation centres, 267 under home isolation, 50 in hospitals outside the district, 44 at CCC Ningthoukhong, 67 at Loukoipat isolation centre, 19 at emergency ward and three at high dependency unit of district hospital, Bishnupur.
The release also reported that eight patients are under the age of 18 years.
Meanwhile, 1,482 persons were administered the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday taking the total count of vaccinated persons in the district to 1,34,957 with 18,472 having received the second dose.