201 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal continues to witness spike in number of Covid-19 positive cases in the state as 201 more cases were detected on Friday, out of which 15 are symptomatic. With 201 new cases registered yesterday, the total positive cases in the state reached 4775. As of Friday, there are 1487 active cases with 3280 recoveries and eight deaths.

Changlang district recorded nine new cases of whom five are state police personnel and returnees from Itanagar, three are Assam Rifles personnel, also returnees from Bihar, Uttarakhand and Tripura and one is a healthcare worker from Miao. With nine fresh cases, Changlang takes its tally to 518 with 126 active cases and 392 recoveries. Longding recorded five cases. All were reported from the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Kanubari, while Tirap reported two cases from the check gate. Lohit reported six cases of whom five are Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel who and one is a returnee from Uttar Pradesh. Namsai reported one case who is an Indian Reserve Batallion (IRBn) personnel and is a returnee from the Institute of Clinical Research (ICR). Leparada also reported two cases, of whom one is an ITBP man and the other is a labourer. East Siang also reported five cases, of whom three are labourers, one is a driver and another is an interstate traveller from Assam.

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The Itanagar capital region (ICR) recorded 56 cases, of whom 27 were reported from the Banderdewa check gate, three from the paid quarantine testing centre in Itanagar, 12 from the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun, two from the SQF in Lekhi, and one each from the RKHM and the CCC-SOA in the zoo area here. West Siang reported 42 cases, of whom 35 are primary contacts of a positive case detected earlier, while six tested positive at the check gate. One military man also tested positive in quarantine facility (QF). The number of Covid-19 positive cases in the district reportedly spiked after people attended a ‘musical nite’ event in Aalo. Forty-nine people who attended the ‘musical nite’, organized by the Bili Bolo Boys at Humgo Rigo resort near Aalo on 29 August, tested Covid-19 positive on Thursday. The event was organized without prior permission of the administration.

Seventeen cases were detected in Papum Pare on Friday. Ten were reported from the Hollongi check gate and seven from the Gumto check gate. Sixteen cases were reported from West Kameng, of whom 11 tested positive at the check gate in Bomdila while one is a primary contact of a positive case detected earlier at the general hospital in Bomdila. The other four are military personnel from the military hospital in Dahung. Tawang recorded 13 cases. All are military personnel. Upper Subansiri in Arunachal Pradesh detected 10 new cases of COVID-19 among whom seven are General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) personnel. Two were reported from the flu clinic at the general hospital in Daporijo, and one was reported from the CHC in Dumporijo.

Lower Dibang Valley also recorded nine cases. Eight are primary contacts of a positive case detected earlier, while one is a returnee from Andhra Pradesh who tested positive at the check gate. Lower Subansiri recorded four cases, of whom three are returnees from Assam and one is a primary contact of a positive case detected earlier. Shi-Yomi, Kra Daadi, Lower Siang and Upper Siang all reported one Covid-19 positive case each. The case in Shi-Yomi is a returnee from Assam who tested positive at the Pene check gate. One case in Kra Daadi is a returnee from the ICR while  one positive case in Lower Siang was reported from Likabali town. The only case in Upper Siang is a driver who tested positive at the check gate.                                                    

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