<span style="color: #222222;">In Manipur, nine persons expired due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours taking the total fatality due to the pandemic in the state to 180.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the other hand, 341 persons including 28 personnel from the Central Armed Police Force were confirmed as new COVID-19 positive cases in the past twenty four hours making the total count of positive cases so far in the state to 19,091.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Among the new cases, 313 persons are locals and do not have travel history.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">278 persons were discharged in the past 24 hours in the state and the recovery rate is 80.36 per cent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">So far, Manipur has recorded total recovered and discharged cases of 15,343 while the number of active cases is 3568.</span><br />''