After brief lull, infection shoots up to breach three figure mark Covid claims one more to take tally to 388

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Dec 23: Even as COVID-19 claimed one more person, the number of fresh infections shot up after falling for some days with 104 persons testing positive in the last 24 hours.
The latest victim is a 76-year-old man from Imphal East and he died at RIMS taking the official death toll to 388.
The 104 fresh infections include 98 civilians and 6 personnel of the Central Armed Police Force.
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases has reached 27,827 while there are 1,459 active cases, said a report of the COVID-19 Common Control Room issued by Additional Director (Health), Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar Mangang today.
According to the report, Imphal West continued to report more COVID-19 cases than other districts. 55 out of the 98 civilians who tested positive for COVID-19 hail from Imphal West while the remaining cases belong to Imphal East (19), Bishnupur (8), Kakching (8), Churachandpur (3), Tamenglong (2), Chandel (1), Kangpokpi (1) and  Thoubal (1).
On the other hand, 102 persons have been discharged after recovery from COVID-19, said the official report. While 58 of them recovered while under home isolation, the remaining have been discharged from COVID-19 Care Centres opened at JNIMS (16), Shri (8), Bal Bhavan (6), RIMS (6), LKK (3), UNACCO (1), JNV Chandel (1), RD Wing (1), Thoubal (1) and TK Ukhrul (1).
The cumulative number of positive cases is 27,827 (general population-24,488 and Central Security Personnel-3,339). The total number of recovered cases is 26,030 (general population-22,849 and Central Security Personnel-3,181).
The number of active cases is 1,459 (general population-1,305 and Central Security Personnel-154). The recovery rate stands at 93.54 percent.
Late report from a source said that the 55 positive cases detected in Imphal West include 12 from Phoijing Chingning area.