Arunachal Pradesh registered 81 new COVID19 positive cases on Monday, taking the state’s overall total to 1239.

Sharing the data on the state’s latest COVID19 update, the directorate of health services, Arunachal Pradesh, on its Twitter handle said out of the new COVID19 positive cases, Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) has reported 51 cases, Tawang has reported 12 cases and Changlang has reported 9 cases.

A total of 4 COVID19 positive cases have been reported from Tirap, West Siang has reported 2 cases while
one each case has been reported from Lohit, Lower Dibang Valley and Upper Siang districts.

The health department said of the positive cases, 72 are “asymptomatic” and 9 others are “symptomatic”.

On Monday, 69 patients, who were earlier infected by COVID19, have been discharged from various hospitals in Arunachal Pradesh, the health department said.

While 47 patients have been discharged from the Itanagar Capital Region, 10 patients have been discharged from Leparada, 9 patients have been discharged from East Siang, 2 others have been discharged from East Kameng and 1 patient has been discharged from Longding district.

With the release of 47 patients, the total number of patients discharged in Arunachal Pradesh increased to 574.

Arunachal Pradesh currently has 662 active COVID19 cases.