Agartala, Nov 30 (PTI) At least 21 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Monday, pushing the tally in the state to 32,695, a health department official said.

The death toll remained at 367 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported, he said.

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West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 185 of the 367 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.

Tripura currently has 598 active cases, while 31,707 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty-three patients have migrated to other states.

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On Sunday, 78 people were discharged from GB Pant Hospital, the main referral facility for coronavirus patients in the state.

A total of 5,26,410 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the northeastern state so far, the official said.

"Altogether 3,21,384 samples were tested through Rapid Antigen Test and 2,05,026 through RT-PCR method," he added.

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