Manipur COVID cases rise to 36

Imphal: Four more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Manipur, taking the total number of cases in the state to 36, officials said on Monday.
Of the 36 COVID-19 cases in Manipur, 32 are active as four have already recovered, they said.
The new cases were that of a 20-year-old-woman from Kangpoki district and a 19-year-old man from Senapati district on Monday, a statement issued by the COVID-19 Common Control Room said.
The condition of the two new patients was stable, it said, adding that both would be shifted to the COVID care facility of JNIMS. Earlier two cases that of a 26-year-old-male from Churachandpur district and that of a 21-year-old from Noney district were reported.
A statement issued by the COVID-19 Common Control Room said the “condition of the two was stable”, adding that the infected individual from Churachandpur district has now been shifted to isolation facility of district hospital while the other will be shifted to Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS).
Churachandpur district has the highest number of 18 COVID-19 cases with 16 of them Chennai returnees. (PTI)