Kohima, Nov 6 (PTI) Nagaland's COVID-19 caseload rose to 31,922 on Saturday with the detection of 17 new infections, six more than the previous day, a health department official said.

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The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 689 after a patient died in Dimapur district, he said.

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Of the new cases, Dimapur reported 13 while Kiphire, Kohima, Mokokchung, and Phek districts reported one each.

The number of recoveries increased to 29,998 on Saturday after 13 COVID-19 patients recuperated during the day, the official said.

The state's COVID-19 recovery rate is now 93.97 per cent, he said.

Nagaland currently has 188 active COVID-19 cases, while 1,047 coronavirus patients have migrated to other states.

A total of 3,98,391 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state thus far. State Immunisation Officer Dr. Ritu Thurr said a total of 12,17,940 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered to 7,13,801 people till Friday.

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