After brief lull, infection shoots up to breach three figure mark
Covid claims one more to take tally to 388
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, December 23 2020: Even as COVID-19 claimed one more person, the number of fresh infections shot up after falling for some days with 104 persons testing positive in the last 24 hours.

The latest victim is a 76-year-old man from Imphal East and he died at RIMS taking the official death toll to 388 .

The 104 fresh infections include 98 civilians and 6 personnel of the Central Armed Police Force.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases has reached 27,827 while there are 1,459 active cases, said a report of the COVID-19 Common Control Room issued by Additional Director (Health), Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar Mangang today.

According to the report, Imphal West continued to report more COVID-19 cases than other districts.

55 out of the 98 civilians who tested positive for COVID-19 hail from Imphal West while the remaining cases belong to Imphal East (19), Bishnupur (8), Kakching (8), Churachandpur (3), Tamenglong (2), Chandel (1), Kangpokpi (1) and Thoubal (1) .

On the other hand, 102 persons have been discharged after recovery from COVID-19, said the official report.

While 58 of them recovered while under home isolation, the remaining have been discharged from COVID-19 Care Centres opened at JNIMS (16), Shri (8), Bal Bhavan (6), RIMS (6), LKK (3),UNACCO (l), JNV Chandel (1), RD Wing (1), Thoubal (1) and TK Ukhrul (1) .

The cumulative number of positive cases is 27,827 (general population-24,488 and Central Security Personnel-3,339).The total number of recovered cases is 26,030 (general population - 22,849 and Central Security Personnel - 3,181) .

The number of actiye cases is 1,459 (general population - 1,305 and Central Security Personnel-154) .

The recovery rate stands at 93.54 percent.

Late report from a source said that the 55 positive cases detected in Imphal West include 12 from Phoijing Chingning area.

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