Gangtok, Dec 8 (PTI) Sikkim's COVID-19 caseload increased to 32,390 on Wednesday, with eight new infections reported in the past 24 hours, a health department bulletin said.

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The state's coronavirus death toll stood at 405, with no new fatalities reported in the past 24 hours.

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East Sikkim registered six positive cases, followed by two in West Sikkim district.

Sikkim now has 200 active COVID-19 cases, while 31,444 people have recovered from the disease.

Altogether 341 coronavirus patients have migrated to other states.

The Himalayan state has tested 2,73,286 samples for COVID-19 thus far.

Sikkim's COVID-19 daily positivity rate stood 1.8 per cent, while the daily recovery ratio remained at 98.1 per cent.

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