India News | Sikkim Reports 32 New COVID-19 Cases, One Fresh Fatality

Gangtok, Aug 30 (PTI) Sikkim's COVID-19 tally rose to 29,841 on Monday as 32 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 370, a health bulletin said.

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South Sikkim registered the highest number of new cases at 18, followed by nine in West Sikkim and five in East Sikkim.

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Sikkim now has 1,186 active cases, while 28,003 people have recovered from the disease, and 282 coronavirus patients have migrated to other states.

The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the state stood at 94.7 per cent.

The Himalayan state has tested 2,30,341 samples for COVID-19 so far, including 352 in the past 24 hours.

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