The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state is 68.68 per cent, the bulletin added.
Meanwhile, the District Magistrate of Thoubal, Bandana Devi imposed curfew in the entire district to prohibit movement of people to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The DM also declared three areas of Thoubal district as containment zones to prevent the spread of the virus and also to facilitate intensive contact tracing and house to house surveillance and testing of primary contacts, officials said.
The containment zones are Thoubal Khunou, Moijing Gram Panchayat areas and Heirok Part III.
Earlier, the DM had ordered all the main markets of Thoubal district Lilong Bazar, Ushoipokpi Bazar, Waithou Bazar, Babu Bazar, Mina Bazar, Thoubal Bazar, Yairipok Bazar and Nungphou Bazar be closed to control the spread of COVID-19 in the district.
India reported 38,444 new cases in the last 24 hours. With this, India’s Covid-19 caseload rose to over 11.9 lakh, with 7.5 lakh patients discharged so far and 4.1 lakh active cases.
Meanwhile in India, at least half of the population was confined to their homes under various types of lockdowns — full, partial or weekend — according to orders issued by different state governments over the past few days.
