IMPHAL, Sept 28 - With 178 new COVID-19 cases, the total number of positive cases in Manipur reached 10,477 today, official sources said.
In the past 24 hours, 157 persons from the general population and 21 personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces were confirmed positive, COVID-19 Common Control Room, Imphal said in a press release today. The new positive cases were confirmed at 17 testing facilities in the State.
The cases from the general population are from Imphal West (33), Imphal East (58), Chandel (4), Thoubal (17), Bishnupur (2), Kakching (6), Kangpokpi (3), Churachandpur (6), Noney (11) and Tamenglong (17), the release said. Only one person from Imphal East out of the general population is a returnee from other States, while the rest 156 are local residents without any significant travel history. They are being shifted to Covid care facilities.
In the past 24 hours, 106 persons were discharged from eight Covid care facilities, including RIMS, after they were found negative. The number of active and recovered cases are 2,431 and 7,982 respectively. The recovery rate is 76.18 per cent in Manipur.
There was no report of death due to COVID-19 today, it added. The cumulative number of deaths is 64.
