Kohima, Oct 30 (PTI) Nagaland on Friday reported the recovery of 210 more COVID-19 patients, taking the total number of people cured of the disease to 7,229, while 51 fresh cases pushed the tally to 8,945, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said.

The recovery rate has improved to 80.81 per cent from Thursday's 78.91 per cent.

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The 51 fresh cases included 32 from Dimapur, 16 from Kohima, two from Mokokchung, and one from Tuensang, the minister said.

The death toll increased to 41 after a coronavirus patient in Dimapur died, Health Department Additional Director Dr Denis Hangsing said.

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Of the 41 COVID fatalities, six persons died due to other ailments, he said.

Nagaland currently has 1,596 active cases, while 79 COVID-19 patients have migrated to other states, he said.

So far, a total of 97,719 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in Nagaland, Hangsing said.

Of these samples, 60,439 have been sent for testing through RT-PCR, 33,404 through TruNat and 3,876 through Rapid Antigen Test, he said.

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