Gangtok, Mar 9 (PTI) Sikkim reported one more COVID-19 fatality in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 444, according to a health department bulletin on Wednesday.

The state also registered one more positive case, pushing the tally to 39,098, it said.

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East Sikkim district logged the lone positive case.

The Himalayan state now has 30 active COVID-19 cases, while 37,878 people have recovered from the disease while 746 others have migrated to other states.

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The COVID-19 daily positivity rate now is 0.4 per cent while the daily recovery rate is 98.8 per cent.

Sikkim has so far tested 3,27,581 samples for COVID-19, it added.

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