Covid-19 active cases fall to 87 in Manipur

Imphal: Covid-19 active cases in Manipur have decreased to 87 on Tuesday in Manipur as against 102 of Monday, with the recovery of 20 persons and confirmation of five positive cases in 24 hours.

The recovered cases were discharged after completion of surveillance from Home Isolation (14), RIMS (1), SHRI (4) and CAPF (1).

The new cases  were confirmed at JNIMS (I) and other testing centres (4). They belonged to Imphal East (2), Imphal West (1), Thoubal (1) and Kamjong (1). The positivity rate was 1percent.

No Covid-19 related death was reported. The cumulative number of deaths remained at 2145.

The cumulative number of positive cases is 1,39,625 and the recovery rate is 98.40 percent, Manipur Covid-19 common control room said.