India News | 34 New Cases Push Sikkim's COVID-19 Tally to 1,704
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Thirty-four more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sikkim, taking the Himalayan state's caseload to 1,704 on Wednesday, an official said.
Gangtok, Sep 2 (PTI) Thirty-four more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sikkim, taking the Himalayan state's caseload to 1,704 on Wednesday, an official said.
Thirty new COVID-19 cases were reported in East Sikkim, three in South and one in West Sikkim districts, state Information, Education and Communication officer, Sonam Bhutia, said.
The fresh infections have pushed the number of active cases in the state to 431, while 1,269 people have been cured of the disease and four persons have succumbed to the infection, he said.
East Sikkim district has so far registered the highest number of cases at 1,183, followed by 473 in South, 47 in West and one in North Sikkim districts, Bhutia said.
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Sikkim has tested 42,019 samples for COVID-19 so far, he added.
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