Gangtok, Oct 31 (PTI) Sikkim's COVID-19 caseload rose to 31,979 on Sunday after 22 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, 12 more than the previous day, a health department bulletin said.

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The death toll increased to 396 as one more person succumbed to the infection, it said.

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The Himalayan state now has 195 active cases, while 325 patients have migrated to other states.

Altogether 31,063 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease.

Over 2,61,343 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the state so far.

Sikkim's COVID-19 positivity and recovery rates are 5.4 per cent and 98.1 per cent, respectively, the bulletin said.

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