Itanagar, Oct 9 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 death toll mounted to 280 as one more person had succumbed to the deadly virus during the past 24 hours.
The casualty was reported from Tawang district. A 75-year-old COVID positive male patient died at Military Hospital, Dahung in neighbouring West Kameng district, a senior health official said.
Meanwhile, the state registered more COVID-19 recoveries than the daily cases during the last 24 hours. Altogether 21 fresh cases were reported from across the state in the period that increased its tally of confirmed cases to 54,865.