Shimla, Jun 8 (PTI) Thirteen more people died of COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh, taking the death toll to 3,312, while 596 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 1,96,351, an official said on Tuesday.

According to the state health department, the active cases have now dipped to 6,983.

The overall recoveries so far has reached 1,86,033 in the state with 1,155 patients recuperating from the infection in the past 24 hours, the official said.

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