Six more test positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal
Itanagar, Jun 2 () Six people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, taking the number of active cases to 27, a senior government official here said.
All six have recently returned to the state from other parts of the country, he said. Five of them are from the state capital.
"One of them, a 36-year-old woman, is a resident of Lohit district. She returned from Delhi around a week ago. The other four cases were recorded in Itanagar. We are trying to trace the travel history of the four new patients," Health Secretary P Parthiban said.
The 36-year-old woman, wife of an Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer, was placed under institutional quarantine, following her return to Arunachal with family on May 24, Lohit District Medical officer (DMO) S Chai Pul said.
"Her husband and child have tested negative for the disease. The woman has been shifted to a COVID care centre of the paramilitary force," the DMO said.
The state witnessed the highest-single day spike on Monday, with 18 people testing positive for COVID-19. All active patients in Arunachal are returnees from other states.
The states first patient, a 31-year-old man from Lohit district, was discharged from a hospital on April 16 following his recovery. UPL RMS IJT