<span style="color: #222222;">In the last twenty four hours, a female aged 75 years from Imphal West expired at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) Imphal due to COVID-19 and other co-morbid health conditions. The total number of deaths due to the virus increased to 18 in Manipur.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the other hand, 78 persons including 5 personnel from Central Armed Police Forces were confirmed as new COVID-19 positive cases in Manipur during the past twenty four hours.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Out of the new positive cases, 69 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 />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 55 people were discharged from different hospitals and COVID Care Centres after they were found negative of COVID-19 on the RT PCR test. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />''So far Manipur has recorded total positive cases of 4765 and out of this 2789 were fully recovered and discharged from different COVID Care Centres. The number of active cases now is 1958 and the recovery rate registered today is 58.53 percent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />''A 100 bedded COVID Care Centre was inaugurated at Model School of Jiribam district of Manipur today. The manpower of the centre has already been arranged and the centre will start functioning immediately.</span><br />''