Gangtok, Nov 5 (PTI) Sikkim's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,093 as 29 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24-hours, an official said on Thursday.

Two more persons died due to COVID-19 pushing the death toll 75, the official said.

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State Information Education Communication (IEC) member Sonam Bhutia said East Sikkim district reported 23 cases and South Sikkim district six cases.

Sikkim now has 240 active COVID-19 cases, while 3,695 patients have recovered from the disease and 83 others have migrated to other states, Bhutia said.

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East Sikkim district has the highest number of 3,052 COVID-19 cases, he said.

A total of 57,421 samples have been tested so far in the state for COVID-19 including 178 samples in the last 24 hours, he added.

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