ITANAGAR, Aug 25 - Arunachal Pradesh recorded 49 new cases of COVID-19 and the release of 130 recovered patients on Monday. With the detection of the fresh cases, the COVID-19 tally has surged to 3,312. However, the State�s active cases stand at 880 as 2,427 people have recuperated from the disease so far. Besides, five persons have already died due to the viral infection, a bulletin issued by the State Directorate of Health Services here stated.
The recovery rate among the COVID-19 patients rose to 73.27 per cent, whereas the active cases comprised 26.57 per cent of the total caseload, as per the bulletin.
Of the 49 cases detected in 14 districts, West Kameng accounted for 12 infections, followed by Tawang with nine and Itanagar Capital Complex with eight.
East Siang, Papum Pare and Lower Siang registered three cases each, and East Kameng, Changlang and Tirap found two cases each. Pakke-Kessang, Lohit, Leparada, Upper Siang and Shi-Yomi recorded one case each.
As per the bulletin, 44 cases were reported to be asymptomatic and five symptomatic. Of the 130 discharged cases registered in 12 districts, Namsai topped with 61 recoveries, followed by West Kameng with 22 and Papum Pare with 12. Changlang recorded 11 recoveries.
The Itanagar Capital Complex saw off eight recovered patients and East Kameng four. Lower Dibang Valley and Leparada recorded three cured cases each, while Upper Siang and East Siang discharged two each. Tirap and Upper Subansiri registered one cured case each.
Meanwhile, a 28-day-old baby hailing from Lower Siang district has become the youngest patient to recover from COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, an official release stated.
�The youngest among the COVID-19 positive recoveries is a 28-day-old baby from Lower Siang district,� in-charge DIPRO of Siang district, Gijum Tali, said.
The mother and her baby boy, who had tested positive for COVID-19, were isolated in their home and released on Saturday last after they tested negative for the second time, he said. Lower Siang DC AK Singh and EAC Ejum Angu, who were present to release the mother-son duo, lauded the efforts of the doctors and frontline health workers who took the utmost care to save the life of the baby.
