• NET Web Desk

The northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh today registered 63 fresh new COVID-19 cases – the highest single-day spike so far this month, thereby pushing the tally of confirmed cases to 65,151.

The death toll remained unchanged at 296 as no new fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours.

Arunachal Pradesh which remained COVID-19 free for the last couple of months. But, it has been witnessing a surge in fresh infections since July 1; informed the State Surveillance Officer – Dr Lobsang Jampa.

The state now has 286 active cases, while 64,569 people have recovered from the disease so far. A total of 12,79,738 samples have thus far been tested for COVID-19.

Over 17.76 lakh people have been inoculated till date; added the State Immunization Officer (SIO) – Dimong Padung.