{"id":133608,"date":"2020-08-03T01:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T20:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=133608"},"modified":"2020-08-03T01:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T20:22:02","slug":"26-new-covid-19-cases-reported-on-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/08\/03\/26-new-covid-19-cases-reported-on-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"26 new Covid-19 cases reported on Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Aug 2:<\/strong> Twenty-six new Covid-19 positive cases were detected in the state on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Itanagar capital region (ICR) recorded eight cases. Three each were recorded in Polo Colony and G Extension and adjoining areas in Naharlagun. One case each was detected in Dokum Colony and Model Village in Naharlagun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the districts, Lohit recorded six cases among returnees in quarantine facilities (QF).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">East Siang reported a total of four cases. Two are healthcare workers, one is a teacher, and one is a retired service person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In West Kameng, one is a returnee, while two are truck drivers who tested positive during tests conducted at the check gate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">East Kameng also reported two new cases in returnees from Bihar in QF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One case each was detected in Changlang (Bijoypur, Bordumsa), Lower Dibang Valley (UP returnee in QF) and Leparada (Bihar returnee in QF).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, a total of 27 people were discharged on Sunday, including 14 in the ICR, seven in East Siang, five in Namsai and one in Tirap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, the health department has issued a corrigendum, informing that the bulletin of 1 August erroneously showed 42 positive cases in East Siang. It should have been read as 41 cases, it said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our correspondent reports: East Siang District Surveillance Officer Dr T Talom said the district health department has been conducting rapid antigen tests at the community level, including on high-risk contacts of Covid-19 positive patients, and &#8220;detecting many positive cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shops, business establishments and daily markets remained closed in Pasighat, Ruksin and Mebo towns following the administration&#8217;s lockdown order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The weeklong lockdown will end on 7 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Aug 2: Twenty-six new Covid-19 positive cases were detected in the state on Sunday. The Itanagar capital region (ICR) recorded eight cases. Three each were recorded in Polo Colony and G Extension and adjoining areas in Naharlagun. One case each was detected in Dokum Colony and Model Village in Naharlagun. In the districts, Lohit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-133608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}