addition of 266 new cases, including 2523 active cases, 31792 recoveries and the death toll rose to 165 with 3 new deaths. as of 30 june, the total number of cases was 35571, with addition of 344 new cases, including 2687 active cases, 32716 recoveries and the death toll slightly rose to 168 with 1 new death. the recovery rate stood at 91.97% and the positivity rate was at 7.01%. july 2021 as of 5 july, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 37105, with addition of 168 fresh cases, including 2961 active cases, 33967 recoveries and death toll pushed to 177 with 1 new death. the recovery rate stood at 91.54% with the active percentage at 7.98% and the positivity rate was at 4.6%. as of 10 july, the total number of cases reported was 39085, with addition of 403 fresh cases, including 3557 active cases, 35342 recoveries with 305 patients recovered and death toll pushed to 186 with 1 new death. the recovery rate slightly decreased at 90.42% with increase in the active percentage at 9.10% and the positivity rate was at 6.79%. as of 13 july, the total number of cases in the state was 40383, including 3918 active cases, 36274 recoveries and 191 deaths. as of 15 july, the total number of cases reported was 41279, with addition of 465 fresh cases, including 4181 active cases, 36903 recoveries with 286 patients recovered and death toll pushed to 195 with 2 new fatalities. the recovery rate remained decreasing at 89.40% with increase in the active percentage at 10.13% and the positivity rate was at 9.28%. as of 20 july, the total number of cases reported was 43328, with addition of single-day highest 508 fresh cases, including 4260 active cases, 38865 recoveries with 458 patients recovered and death toll climbed to 203 fatalities with an 80-year-old man dying from east siang. the positivity rate remained at 7.73%. major new covid-19 cases reported from capital complex at 140, followed by lohit (49), papumpare (35), lower subansiri (34) and east siang (33). as of 26 july, the total number of cases reported was 45867, with addition of 164 fresh covid cases, including 4266 active cases, 41385 recoveries with 360 patients recovered and death toll climbed to 216 fatalities with each death from capital complex and tawang. the positivity rate decreased to 4.39% and the recovery rate remained at 90.23%. as of 31 july, the total number of cases reported was 47856, with addition of 379 fresh cases, including 4142 active cases, 43488 recoveries with 488 patients recovered and death toll climbed to 226 fatalities with one new death. the positivity rate increased to 6.13%, active percentage to 8.65% and the recovery rate slightly increased to 90.87%. august 2021 as of 7 august, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 49668, with the addition of 227 fresh cases, including 3032 active cases, 46399 recoveries and death toll pushed to 237 with 1 new death. the recovery rate stood at 93.42% with the active percentage at 6.1% and the positivity rate was at 4.68%. as of 16 august, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 51348, with the addition of 48 fresh cases, including 1920 active cases, 49176 recoveries and death toll climbed to 252 fatalities. the recovery rate increased to 95.77% with the active percentage decreased at 3.74% and the positivity rate was at 3.85%. as of 26 august, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 52525, with the addition of 116 new cases, including 1162 active cases, 51104 recoveries and death toll climbed to 259 fatalities. the recovery rate improved to 97.29% with the active percentage decreased at 2.21% and the positivity rate was at 3.25%. as of 27 august, the total number of cases was 52634, including 1150 active cases, 51224 recoveries and 260 deaths. september 2021 as of 2 september, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 53102, with addition of 71 fresh cases, including 873 active cases, 51969 recoveries and death remained to 260 fatalities. the recovery rate improved at 97.87% and the positivity rate was decreased to 2.49%. as of 19 september, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 54060, with addition of 32 fresh cases, including 461 active cases, 53328 recoveries and death remained to 271 fatalities. the recovery rate improved at 98.64% and the positivity rate hanged to 1.07%. the active cases tally sank below 1%, with single-day recoveries outnumbering fresh infections. as of 23 september, the total number of cases was 54241, including 442 active cases, 53526 recoveries and 273 deaths. the recovery rate was 98.68%, the active cases percentage was 0.81% (<1%) and the positivity ratio remained at 1.77%. october 2021 as of 5 october, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 54752, with addition of 27 fresh cases, including 414 active cases, 54061 recoveries and 277 deaths. the recovery rate was 98.74%, the active cases percentage was 0.76% (<1%). as of 9 october, the total number of cases was 54881, including 285 active cases, 54316 recoveries and 280 deaths. as of 20 october, the total number of cases was 55043, with addition of 12 fresh cases, including 138 active cases, 54625 recoveries and 280 deaths without any change. the recovery rate increased to 99.24%. the active cases percentage (0.25%) and the death rate (0.51%) together remained less than 1%. as of 23 october, the total number of cases was 55089, including 142 active cases, 54667 cures and 280 deaths. november 2021 as of 1 november, the total number of cases in arunachal pradesh was 55155, including 101 active cases, 54774 cures and 280 deaths. as of 4 november, the total number of cases reported in arunachal pradesh was 55161, with addition of 6 fresh cases, including 85 active cases, 54796 recoveries and death toll remained at 280. the recovery rate was 99.34%. as of 15 november, the total number of cases reported was 55220, with addition of 4 fresh cases, including 44 active cases, 54896 recoveries and death toll remained at 280. the recovery rate was 99.41% and the positivity rate was 1.79%. as of 27 november, the total number of cases was 55260, with addition of 2 fresh cases, including 33 active cases, 54947 recoveries and death toll remained at 280. the recovery rate stood at 99.43% and the positivity rate stood at 0.73% (<1%). december 2021 as of 1 december, the total number of cases in arunachal pradesh was 55276, with addition of 3 fresh cases, including 35 active cases, 54961 cures and 280 deaths without any change. the recovery rate was 99.43%, while the active ratio was 0.06% with the positivity rate at 1.32%. as of 12 december, the total number of cases was 55305, with addition of 1 fresh case, including 28 active cases, 54997 cures and 280 deaths with no change. the recovery rate stood at 99.44%. as of 22 december, the total number of cases was 55322, with addition of 2 fresh cases, including 22 active cases, 55020 cures and death toll remained at 280. as on 29 december, total number of cases was 55334, including 18 active cases, 55036 cures and 280 deaths. jan to mar 2022 as of 1 january, the total number of cases in arunachal pradesh was 55343, including 21 active cases, 55040 recoveries and 282 deaths. as of 5 january, the total number of cases is 55375, including 45 active cases, 55048 cures and 282 deaths. as of 15 january, the total number of cases in the ut was 56493, including 1070 active cases, 55141 cures and 282 fatalities. as of 22 january, the total number of cases was 59162, including 2890 active cases, 55990 cures and 282 fatal cases. as of 11 february, the total number of cases was 63940, including 850 active cases, 62796 recoveries and 294 deaths. as of 16 february, the total number of cases was 64159, including 521 active cases, 63444 cures and 294 deaths. as of 1 march, the total number of cases was 64439, including 100 active cases, 64044 cures and 295 deaths. as of 19 march, the total number of cases was 64483, including 11 active cases, 64176 recoveries and 296 deaths. apr to jun 2022 as of 11 april, the total number of cases in arunachal pradesh was 64490, including 3 active cases, 64190 recoveries and 296 deaths. as of 18 april, the total number of cases was 64495, including 6 active cases, 64193 recoveries and 296 deaths. as of 1 may, the total number of cases was 64495, including zero active case, 64199 cures and 296 deaths. as of 11 may, the total number of cases was 64502, including 5 active cases, 64201 cures and 296 fatalities. as of 29 may, the total number of cases was 64505, including 1 active case, 64208 recoveries and 296 deaths. as of 9 june, the total number of cases was 64509, including 1 active case, 64212 cures and 296 deaths. as of 21 june, the total number of cases was 64512, including 2 active cases, 64214 cures and 296 fatal cases. as of 27 june, the total number of cases was 64517, including 5 active cases, 64216 cures and 296 deaths. there hasn't been even a single covid related death in the region in the last three months july to september 2022 as of 8 july, the total number of cases in arunachal pradesh was 64648, including 125 active cases, 64227 cures and 296 deaths. as of 26 august, the total number of cases was 66635, including 90 active cases, 66249 recoveries and 296 deaths. as of 31 august, the total number of cases was 66691, including 74 active cases, 66321 cures and 296 fatal cases. as of 10 september, the total number of cases was 66772, including 59 active cases, 66417 cures and 296 deaths. as of 24 september, the total number of cases was 66830, including 19 active cases, 66515 recoveries and 296 deaths. 2023 as of 22 march 2023, the total number of cases in arunachal pradesh was 66891, including no active cases, 66595 cures and 296 deaths. covid-19 vaccines with approval for emergency or conditional usage union minister for health & family welfare, dr. harsh vardhan visiting the gtb hospital, shahdara to review the preparedness of dry run of covid-19 vaccine, in delhi on january 02, 2021. main article: covid-19 vaccine covishield on january 1, 2021, the drug controller general of india, approved the emergency or conditional use of astrazeneca's covid-19 vaccine azd1222 (marketed as covishield). covishield is developed by the university of oxford and its spin-out company, vaccitech. it's a viral vector vaccine based on replication-deficient adenovirus that causes cold in chimpanzees. it can be stored, transported and handled at normal refrigerated conditions (2-8 °c or 36-46 °f). it has a shelf-life of at least six months. on 12 january 2021 first batches of covishield vaccine was despatched from the serum institute of india. covaxin on january 2, 2021, bbv152 (marketed as covaxin), first indigenous vaccine, developed by bharat biotech in association with the indian council of medical research and national institute of virology received approval from the drug controller general of india for its emergency or conditional usage. on 14 january 2021 first batches of covaxin vaccine was despatched from the bharat biotech, albeit it was still in the third phase of testing. others on 19 may 2021, dr reddy's labs received emergency use authorisation for anti-covid drug 2-dg. on 21 february, 2022, drugs controller general of india granted approval to biological e's covid-19 vaccine corbevax, that can be used for children between 12 and 18 years of age. on 21 october 2021, india completed administering of one billion covid vaccines in the country. on 8 january 2022, india crossed 1.5 billion covid vaccines milestone in the country. on 19 february 2022, india crossed 1.75 billion covid vaccines milestone in the country.