Covid claims one more
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 04 2022:
Manipur reported one Covid related fatality from Imphal West after a gap of seven days in the last 24 hours to take the death toll to 2148 .
The deceased was a woman with co-morbidity and she had taken the second dose of Covid vaccine.
In the same period, another seven persons from Imphal East (2), Imphal West (1), Thoubal (1) and Churachandpur (3) tested positive for COVID-19 while testing 425 samples and registered a test positivity rate of 1.6 per cent.
Today, one person was discharged after recuperation and with this the recovered cases have increased to 1,37,529 while the number of active cases is 61 .
The recovery rate stands at 98.42 per cent.
Yesterday, 136 D-type and 12 B-type oxygen cylinders were distributed to different health care facilities and the same day 1465 Covid vaccine doses were administered.
At least 89 Covid beds are unoccupied at JNIMS (31) and RIMS (58) .
In terms of vaccination, the State has fully vaccinated 52.52 per cent of its eligible population while another 62.35 per cent have taken the first dose.