Manipur, July 26 -- Manipur on Monday reported nine more COVID-19 deaths and 989 more people tested positive for the disease.

Manipur on Monday reported a slight dip in the daily COVID-19 positive cases at 989, including two personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces as lesser number of daily test results were received (4,888), official sources said.

The new positive cases reported across the state pushed the total COVID-19 confirmed cases in the state to 10524, while the total number of confirmed cases rose to 93,656, a release by the COVID-19 Common Control Room stated.

While the number of recovered cases reached 81,645 at 87.17 per cent as 1037 more patients recovered, the death toll rose to 1,487 with nine more fatalities on Mond...