imphal four persons tested positive for covid19 in imphal since late on thursday night taking the total number of cases in the state to 59 as seven persons have recovered from the disease to date the number of active cases in the state at present stand at 52 while three persons tested positive on thursday a 23yearold man was found to be infected with the virus on friday a statement issued by manipur health department additional director and spokesperson khoirom sasheekumar mangang on friday said the three who tested positive on thursday night are from imphal west their condition is stable and all necessary control measures like containment and contact tracing are in place it added all of them have been admitted to the covid19 care facility at rimsof the three two returned from mumbai in a special train the third person came back from delhi in a flight a few days ago a source said the number of positive and active cases has increased to 59 and 52 respectively there are 24 active cases at rims and 28 at jnims the statement added so far churachandpur district has the highest number of covid19 cases in the state 20 followed by thoubal 12 and imphal west 10meanwhile the motherdaughter covid19 patient duo from kamjong district who were undergoing treatment at rims were discharged on friday afternoon