COVID-19: Manipur sees a sudden spike in number of cases
The Hindu
279 cases were detected in the 24 hours, the highest number in the last four months.
A sudden spike in the number of in Manipur has led to caution among the health workers. Officials said that in the last 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. on Sunday, there were 279 positive cases out of 1,938 persons tested. It is the highest number of cases in the last four months.
The positivity rate is 14.4%, while the recovery rate is 97.41%. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Manipur has gone up to 1,27,258 out of which 1,282 are active cases.
Officials said that efforts were on to track down those persons who were in close contact with the infected persons for declaring their houses as containment areas.
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