In Manipur, five persons expired due to COVID-19 infection during the past 24 hours thus increasing the total fatality due to the pandemic in the state to 144.<br />'' <br />''On the other hand, 262 persons including seven personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces were confirmed as new COVID-19 positive cases in the past 24 hours taking the total count of positive cases so far to 17,424.<br />'' <br />''Among the new cases, 250 persons are locals and do not have travel history.<br />'' <br />''Two hundred persons were discharged in the past 24 hours in the state and the recovery rate has improved to 74.93 per cent.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">So far, Manipur has recorded total recovered and discharged cases of 13,057 while the number of active cases is 4,223.</span><br />