Agartala, Nov 3 (PTI) At least 137 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Tuesday, pushing the tally in the state to 30,989, a health department official said.

The COVID-19 death toll rose to 347 as two more patients have succumbed to the infection, he said.

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West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 181 of the 347 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.

Tripura currently has 1,324 active coronavirus cases, while 29,295 people have recovered from the disease and 23 patients have migrated to other states, the official said.

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As many as 4,64,006 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far, he said, adding that 2,75,816 samples were tested by Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 1,88,190 by RTPCR method.

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