<span style="color: #222222;">In Manipur, 129 persons were discharged in the last twenty four hours from hospitals and COVID Care Centres after finding COVID-19 free on RT-PCR test thus increasing the recovery rate to 70.23 per cent.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, 117 persons including 30 personnel from the Central Armed Police Force were confirmed as new COVID-19 positive cases in the last twenty four hours while one male aged 78 years from Imphal East district expired at JNIMS due to COVID-19 positive and other comorbid health conditions.<br />'' <br />'' Among the new cases, 83 locals do not have significant travel history and are suspected to be infected through local transmission. All the new cases are being shifted to the COVID Care facilities.<br />'' <br />''The cumulative number of positive cases in Manipur is 5,960 including 1,541 Central Security Personnel. The cumulative number of recovered cases is 4,186 while the active cases are 1,746. So far the pandemic has claimed the lives of 28 persons in the State.</span>