Imphal: In the last 24 hours, recovered cases of COVID-19 surpassed new positive cases in Manipur with 608 persons being discharged and 432 testing positive on Monday.
The total confirmed positive cases reached 68,418, of which 61,646 are recovered cases.
Of the 608 discharged on Monday, 291 are from home isolation facilities, 33 from RIMS, seven from JNIMS, 86 from COVID-19 care centres and the remaining 191 are from community health isolation centres (CHICs). The recovery rate from COVID-19 has shot up to 90.10%.
The new persons were tested at RIMS (11), JNIMS (39), District hospitals (217) and other testing centres (165).
At present, the number of active cases is 5,642, of which 2,348 persons are on the home isolation facilities.
Also, with six new deaths reported due to COVID-19 complications, the death toll now stands at 1,130.
Of the latest deaths, two each were from Churachandpur and Imphal East and one each from Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts respectively.
Also, the new positive cases include 100 from Imphal West, 85 from Thoubal, 83 from Imphal East, 49 from Bishnupur, 44 from Churachandpur, 29 from Kangpokpi, 22 from Kakching, eight from Tamenglong, four each from Chandel and Senapati and two each from Tengnoupal and Ukhrul.