The Arunachal Pradesh government on Thursday received a batch of 16,930 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the Centre.

The vaccines arrived at the Lilabari Airport in Assamโ€˜s North Lakhimpur.

Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu took to Twitter to thank the central government for its assistance to fight the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

Also read: Arunachal Pradesh receives aid from Centre to fight Covid-19

Meanwhile, 245 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on Thursday.

The virus has claimed five more lives, taking the total death toll to 138.

The state at present has 3,454 active cases.