Nine Covid-19 cases push Arunachal Pradesh tally to 148

ITANAGAR: Nine more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, increasing the state's coronavirus count to 148, an official said on Tuesday.
Arunachal Pradesh has 126 active cases, while 22 patients have recovered from the disease, state surveillance officer L Jampa said.
Six fresh cases were reported from the worst-hit Changlang district, two from Longding and one from Leparada. All of them had recently returned from other states - Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and New Delhi, he said, adding that they were in quarantine at a state government facility.
The patients are asymptomatic, the official said.
"Arunachal Pradesh is still in the green zone as all Covid-19 cases have been reported from government quarantine facilities," Jampa added.