Covid claims nine more lives to take tally to 290

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Dec 1: COVID-19 claimed nine more lives in the last 24 hours pushing the death toll to 290.
A day earlier the virus had claimed 8 lives.
During the last 24 hours eight persons aged 54 (male, Imphal East), 75 (male, Imphal East), 75 (male, Imphal East), 35 (male, Imphal West), 58 (male, Kangpokpi), 80 (female, Ukhrul), 75 (male, Bishnupur) and 42 (female, Bishnupur) expired at RIMS and JNIMS.
A 42 year old man from Imphal West also passed away at Shija Hospitals, though the death is yet to be reflected in the official statement released by the spokesman of the COVID-19 Common Control Room.
According to a press release issued by Additional Director (Health) and COVID-19 Common Control Room spokesman Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar Mangang, 198 people including 42 personnel of CAPF were tested positive for the contagion during the last 24 hours at JNIMS, RIMS, Imphal East, Imphal West, Maipakpi Hospital, Mother’s Care, Swiss Clinic, Advance Hospital, Acme Hospital, Shija Hospital, Christian Hospital, Raj Medicity, RD Wing, Little Clinic, Jivan Hospital, Escent Diagnostics, Bishnu-pur, Kakching, Tamenglong, Ukhrul, Senapati, Teng-noupal, Churachandpur, Jiribam and Babina Diagnostics.
The 156 civilians who have been tested positive are residents of Imphal West (68), Imphal East (41), Thoubal (7), Bishnupur (21), Kakching (3), Tamenglong (2), Kangpokpi (2), Ukhrul (6), Senapati (1), Churachandpur (2), Jiribam (2) and Chandel (1). All of them are locals who do not have any significant travel history. On the other hand, 152 COVID-19 positive people were discharged during the last 24 hours from CAPF (3), home isolation (104), RIMS (2), JNIMS (8), CCC Lamboi Khongnangkhong (14), CCC UNACCO (4), Raj Medicity (2), RD Wing (2), Chandel (2), Bal Bhavan (4), Thoubal (2), Bishnupur (4) and Kangpokpi (1). The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the State has reached 25,243 (general population 22,119 and Central security personnel 3,124).
This figure includes 3,236 active cases (general population 2,899 and Central security personnel 337) and 21,718 discharged cases (general population 18,935 and Central security personnel 2,783). The recovery rate as on Tuesday is 86.03 per cent. A late report informed that out of 202 samples tested today at JNIMS, 27 were found infected by COVID-19.