12 cases detected
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 18 2022:
The State recorded 12 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours while testing 574 samples and registered a test positivity rate of 2.1 per cent during the period.
The 12 fresh cases were confirmed at RIMS (3) and other testing centres (9) and are residents of Imphal West (6), Imphal East (1), Kakching (1), Kangpokpi and Churachandpur (3) .
No new Covid related deaths were reported during the period and as such the death toll remains unchanged at 2143 .
The number of recoveries, on the other hand, exceeded fresh cases in the last 24 hours as 56 persons were discharged after recuperation from home isolation (16), SHRI (1) and others (39).With this figure, the number of Covid active cases has reduced to 112 while the total positive cases stand at 1,39,575, including 5,020 CAPF personnel.
The recovery rate is 98.38 per cent.
As per an update from the COVID-19 Common Control Room, altogether 84 Covid beds are unoccupied at JNIMS (28) and RIMS (56).Yesterday, the State distributed 112 D-type and 19 B-type oxygen cylinders to health care facilities in Manipur and in the same period 2227 Covid vaccine doses were administered.
In terms of Covid vaccination, the State has fully vaccinated 54.25 per cent of its eligible population against the contagion while another 62.28 per cent have taken the first dose.