Intl travellers asked to report to control room

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Dec 22 : Following the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK, all international travellers who came to the State between November 25 and December 23 have been asked to call the COVID-19 Common Control Room at 18003453818 or respective District Surveillance Officers for further surveillance and monitoring.
According to a press release issued by Additional Director (Health) and COVID-19 Common Control Room spokesman Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar Mangang, there was no COVID-19 related death in the State during the last 24 hours even though 39 new positive cases were detected.
As such, the official death toll stands at 337.
The new positive cases were detected at JNIMS, Imphal East, Imphal West, Mother’s Care Hospital, Sielmat Hospital, Escent Diagnostics, Raj Medicity, Advance Hospital, Shija Hospital, Bishnupur, Pherzawl and Babina Diagnostics.
All the 39 positive cases are civilians and they belong to Imphal West (21), Imphal East (8), Thoubal (1), Bishnupur (3), Kakching (2), Senapati (1) and Churachandpur (3).
All of them are locals who do not have any significant travel history.
On the other hand, 149 COVID-19 positive people were discharged during the last 24 hours from CAPF (28), home isolation (65), RIMS (10), JNIMS (3), CCC Lamboi Khongnangkhong (8), CCC UNACCO (3), Shija Hospital (4), Kakching   (1), Ukhrul (4), Chandel (2), RD Wing (3), Bal Bhavan (2), Thoubal (2) and Bishnupur (14).
The cumulative number of positive cases is 27,723 (general population 24,390 and Central security personnel 3,333).
It includes 1,458 active cases (general population 1,310 and Central security personnel 148) and 25,928 discharged cases (general population 22,747 and Central security personnel 3,181).
The recovery rate as on Tuesday is 93.52 per cent.