Manipur count rises to 2,146 with 31 fresh Covid cases

IMPHAL: Manipur recorded 31 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours at the VRDLs of RIMS and JNIMS hospitals in Imphal and the district hospitals of Jiribam and Thoubal, taking the state’s tally to 2,146.

Among them include two employees of RIMS, an X-ray technician and an IRB personnel who is the security guard, sources said.

The two are among 210 staffers who underwent Covid-19 tests after an attendant of the hospital tested positive a few days back.

A state health department statement on Friday said the newly-infected persons are residents of Churachandpur , Imphal East , Imphal West, Thoubal and Ukhrul districts. An Assam Rifles personnel posted at a unit in Jiribam district bordering Assam is also one of them. Six individuals from Thoubal and Imphal West district are patients having no travel history to outside the state, while the rest are returnees from different parts of the country recently, it said, adding that all necessary precautionary measures like contact tracing and containment have been taken up.

In the past 24 hours, 31 patients were also discharged from different Covid care centres. 1,491 patients have been recovered from the disease to date, leaving 655 active cases. As such, the recovery rate of Manipur now stands at 69.47%.

Meanwhile, the police continued to crackdown on lockdown and curfew violators. During the drive, 227 persons were detained and released after warning, a police statement said, adding that 23 vehicles were held and fines to the tune of Rs 8,100 were collected from the owners.