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ITANAGAR, May 29: Arunachal's Covid graph continued to rise on Saturday, as it has been all throughout the week with  3 more deaths and an uncomfortable rise of new cases. 
A 57-yr old male Covid patient from the ICR  with multiple comorbidities who was not  vaccinated died  today at DCH Chimpu due to ARDS. A 70-yr old male Covid patient from East Siang who was vaccinated with dose 1 died while on home isolation due to cardio respiratory failure. In a disturbing development a female infant aged one year and 4 months  with acute malnutrition died due to Covid pneumonia at DCH Pasighat. With these 3 casualties, the state's Covid count on Saturday evening stood at 114.
A total of 461 new cases were added  today (asymptomatic 265, symptomatic 196). While ICR and Changlang were the first two in terms of new caseloads with 70 and 67 respectively, Siang had the highest positivity rate with 26%. Active cases are zooming towards with 3918 on Saturday evening.  Recoveries saw more  improvement over the previous day with a total of 394 (ICR 74, Changlang 60, Tawang 41 the first 3 districts). With these new recoveries, the state’s discharge tally is now 22746. A total of 7441samples were also collected on the day from across the state.
No improvement in Covid vaccination was observed on the day with 88 individuals in the 18-44 age group vaccinated with the first dose and as of May 29, 20487 have been vaccinated with dose 1. In the 45+ category, 569 were vaccinated with dose 1 on the day which took the count to 147406. With only 19 vaccinations, the 2nd dose-taker tally is now 35879.
Occupancy status at the CCCs as of May 29- 48 at DCH Chimpu, 48 at SQF Lekhi, 2 at DCHC Midpu, 3 at DCH Pasighat and 36 at DCHC.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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