Guwahati, May 31 -- Arunachal Pradesh has confirmed a new COVID-19 case in a 51-year-old man, bringing the state's total infections in the current wave to three, a senior health official announced on Saturday.

The official confirmed that the 51-year-old man tested positive for the coronavirus via a rapid antigen test at Ramakrishna Mission Hospital (RKMH) in Itanagar on May 28.

Following the recent outbreak Arunachal State Surveillance Officer Lobsang Jampa stated that Arunachal Pradesh had previously reported two cases of the new COVID-19 variant on May 27.

He said that the Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) of Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) detected these infections through RT-PCR tests.

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