Gangtok, Dec 9 (PTI) Sikkim's COVID-19 caseload rose to 32,396 on Thursday, with reports of six new infections in the past 24 hours, a health department bulletin said.

The state's coronavirus death toll stood at 405, with no fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, it said.

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All the new infections were reported from East Sikkim district, the bulletin said.

Sikkim now has 202 active cases, while 31,448 people have recovered from COVID-19.

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Altogether 341 coronavirus patients have migrated to other states.

The Himalayan state has conducted 2,73,703 sample tests for COVID-19 so far.

Sikkim's COVID-19 daily positivity rate stood at 1.4 per cent, while the daily recovery ratio was 98.1 per cent.

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