<span style="color: #222222;">In Manipur, two persons died due to COVID-19 in the past twenty four hours thus increasing the total fatality due to the pandemic in the State to 202.<br />'' <br />'' On the other hand, 180 persons including 4 personnel from the Central Armed Police Force  were confirmed as new COVID-19 positive cases in the past twenty four hours taking the total count of positive cases so far in the State to 20957. Among the new cases, 176 are locals who do not have travel history. They are suspected to be infected through local transmission.<br />'' <br />'' One hundred sixty four persons were discharged in the past twenty four hours in the State and with this the recovery rate improved to 84.44 percent.<br />'' <br />''So far Manipur has recorded total recovered cases of 17698 while the number of active cases is 3057.</span>