{"id":173672,"date":"2021-10-07T02:31:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=173672"},"modified":"2021-10-07T02:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:03:20","slug":"two-more-succumb-to-covid-19-states-death-toll-reaches-279","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/10\/07\/two-more-succumb-to-covid-19-states-death-toll-reaches-279\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more succumb to Covid-19, state&#8217;s death toll reaches 279"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 6 Oct:<\/strong> The state reported two more Covid-19 related deaths on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 279. One of the deaths was registered on Tuesday but reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the DHS report, an 80-year-old male patient with comorbidity from Namsai died at his residence at 8:20 pm on Tuesday. The patient had complained of cough and fever since 23 September and tested Covid-19 positive through RAT at DH Namsai on 25 September. He was later referred to Sanjivani Diagnostics and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam on the same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report further adds that the patient was re-tested through RT-PCR at Dibrugarh on 2 October where his result showed low detection. He was then brought back to Namsai on 5 October as his condition improved but later his condition suddenly deteriorated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, the patient was fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another 67-year-old male with comorbidity from ICR died at DCH Chimpu at 7:20 am on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The patient had complained of cough, fever, breathing problem, and weakness since 15 September and tested Covid-19 positive through RAT at Niba Hospital, Naharlagun on 18 September. He was then referred from Niba Hospital, Naharlagun, and admitted at the DCH Chimpu on the same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The patient was fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the state on Wednesday detected 41 new Covid-19 cases, of whom 31 are symptomatic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Namsai detected the highest 14 Covid-19 cases, followed by seven cases in Shi Yomi and five cases in East Siang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With 8.3 percent, Namsai has reported the highest positivity rate in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, a total of 28 patients from various health facilities across the state were declared recovered or discharged on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Health-Bulletin-06th-Oct-2021.pdf\"><strong>(see full bulletin)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 6 Oct: The state reported two more Covid-19 related deaths on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 279. One of the deaths was registered on Tuesday but reported on Wednesday. According to the DHS report, an 80-year-old male patient with comorbidity from Namsai died at his residence at 8:20 pm on Tuesday. The patient [&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-173672","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\/173672","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=173672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}