Agartala, Oct 15 (PTI) At least 172 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Thursday, pushing the tally in the state to 29,031 a health department official said.

The death toll rose to 316 with one more person succumbing to the infection, he said.

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West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 170 of the 316 COVID-19 deaths, the official said

Tripura currently has 3,321 active coronavirus cases, while 25,371 people have recovered from the disease and 23 patients have migrated to other states, the official said.

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At least 353 patients were discharged from G B Pant hospital, the main referral hospital for the COVID-19 patients on Wednesday as they have recovered from the disease.

As many as 4,24,150 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far, he added.

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