<span style="color: #222222;">In Manipur, three male patients succumbed due to COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, thus increasing the total fatality due to the pandemic in Manipur to 55.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 117 people including one personnel of the Central Armed Police Force were confirmed as new COVID-19 positive cases in the past 24 hours while 94 persons were discharged. Among the new positive cases, 111 locals do not have travel history and are suspected to be infected with the virus through local transmission.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">So far, Manipur has recorded total positive cases of 8,724 and out of this 6,723 were fully recovered and discharged from different COVID Care Centres. The number of active cases now is 1,946. The State recovery rate is 77.06 per cent.</span><br />''