Manipur reports 6 Covid deaths, detects 100 new cases

Imphal,LOct 4: Manipur reported six Covid deaths from Imphal West,Imphal East and Ukhrul districts,in the last 24 hours, official sources said.Thus the state's Covid 19 death toll increased to 1,868.

So far the maximum numbers of death cases are reported from Imphal West district (621) while Pherzawl district has no death case till date. The state also reported 100 new Covid 19 positive cases, when 1,955 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, it said.The newly detected Covid 19 cases are mainly from Imphal West(29),Imphal East(30) and Ukhrul(16) districts. Thus the state's total infection tally increased to 1,21,146. The total number of active cases stands at 2,202.

On the other hand with 154 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total number of recovered COVID 19 cases in Manipur reached 1,17,076. Thus the state's recovery rate increases to 96.64%. Among all the 16 districts of the state, the maximum numbers of cumulative Covid 19 positive cases were reported from Imphal West district while the maximum number of cumulative cases among the 10 hill districts was reported from Churachandpur district.

Presently altogether 356 Covid 19 positive cases are under home isolation.Till date 13,10,471 persons were tested for COVID 19 at the various testing centres in the state, the source said.