COVID- 19 : Official death toll reaches 334 New cases continue to see dip with 86

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Dec 18 : The State’s official COVID-19 death toll has reached 334 after a 70-year old man from Tamenglong and a 64-year old woman from Imphal East expired at JNIMS and RIMS respectively during the last 24 hours.
However, the death of an army Colonel, a 42-year old man from Imphal West and a 76-year old woman who expired at Shija Hospital on December 10 have not been accounted in the official tally.
According to a press release issued by Additional Director (Health) and COVID-19 Common Control Room spokesman Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar Mangang, 86 people including six personnel of CAPF were tested positive for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours.
The new positive cases were detected at JNIMS, RIMS, Imphal East, Imphal West, Mother’s Care Hospital, Escent Diagnostics, Shija Hospital, Raj Medicity, Jivan Hospital, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Chandel, Senapati, Noney and Babina Diagnostics.
The 80 civilians who have been tested positive are residents of Imphal West (27), Imphal East (27), Thoubal (7), Bishnupur (10), Kakching (3), Senapati (1), Chandel (2), Kangpokpi (1), Noney (1) and Tengnoupal (1).
All of them are locals who do not have any significant travel history.
On the other hand, 121 COVID-19 positive people were discharged during the last 24 hours from CAPF (1), home isolation (81), RIMS (15), JNIMS (1), CCC Lamboi Khongnangkhong (11), Lanva (1), Shija Hospital (1), Sadbhavna (1), Bal Bhavan (3), Thoubal (3) and Bishnupur (3).
The cumulative positive cases is 27,540 (general population 24,210 and Central security personnel 3,330). It includes 1,835 active cases (general population 1,628 and Central security personnel 207 ) and 25,371 discharged cases (general population 22,252 and Central security personnel 3,119). The recovery rate as on Friday is 92.12 per cent.
A late report informed that out of 129 samples tested today at JNIMS, 11 were found infected by COVID-19.
Of all the people who tested positive for the virus in Imphal West district today, 15 belong to Khabi.