15 get Covid-19 positive, 12 recovered in Manipur

Imphal: Manipur on Tuesday reported 15 new Covid-19 positive cases, 12 recovered cases and no death case, leaving the active cases tally at 59.

The fresh cases were confirmed at RIMS (I), JNIMS (5) and other testing centres (9). They belonged to Imphal East (2), Imphal West (8), Bishnupur (2), Kakching (I), Ukhrul (1) and Churachandpur (1). The positivity rate was 2.9 percent.

The recovered persons were discharged after completion of surveillance from Home Isolation (10) and RIMS (2).

The recovery rate was 98.42 percent in the state.

The cumulative number of deaths is 2147 and that of positive cases is 1,39,697, Manipur Covid-19 common control room said.