Agartala, Nov 27 (PTI) At least 32 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the state's tally to 32,610, a health department official said.

Altogether 367 people have succumbed to the infection so far. West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 185 of the 367 COVID-19 deaths.

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Tripura currently has 744 active coronavirus cases, while 31,476 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty- three patients have migrated to other states, he said.

Eighty-seven people were discharged from GB Pant hospital, the main referral facility for COVID-19 patients in the state, on Thursday.

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As many as 5,21,458 samples have been examined for COVID-19 in the state so far -- 3,17,714 through Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 2,03,744 by RT-PCR.

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