<span style="color: #222222;">In Manipur, the recovery rates of COVID-19 positive patients have been increasing day by day and 50.33 percent recovery rate have been registered today.<br />''<br />''The number of recovered cases has surpassed the number of active cases in Manipur now. In the last twenty four hours, 28 COVID-19 positive patients were discharged from different hospitals of the State after they were found COVID-19 free on RT PCR test thus registering the recovery rate to 50.33 percent. <br />''<br />''On the other hand, 9 persons from the different districts of Manipur were confirmed of COVID-19 in Manipur in the last twenty four hours. The total number of COVID-19 positive in the state has risen to 1325 while the number of active cases stands at 658. <br />''<br />''The recovered cases is 667. Meanwhile, Manipur Chief Secretary has issued an Order this evening declaring complete lockdown of Jiribam district of the State till 15th of this month considering sudden spurt of the number of COVID-19 cases in the last forty eight hours in the district.</span><br />