India News | Sikkim Reports Three New COVID-19 Cases, Tally at 39,116

Gangtok, Mar 19 (PTI) Sikkim's COVID-19 caseload on Saturday rose to 39,116 as three more people tested positive for the infection in the past 24 hours, a health department bulletin said.

The state's coronavirus death toll stood at 449, with no fatalities reported in the last 24 hours.

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East Sikkim logged all three positive cases.

Sikkim now has 12 active cases, while 37,909 people have recovered from the disease.

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Altogether 746 patients have migrated to other states.

The Himalayan state has conducted 3,29,484 sample tests for COVID-19 so far, including 175 in the last 24 hours.

Sikkim's COVID-19 daily positivity rate stood 1.7 per cent, while the daily recovery rate remained at 98.8 per cent.

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