India News | Tripura Reports 223 New COVID-19 Cases, 7 Fatalities
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. At least 223 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 27,982, a health department official said.
Agartala, Oct 9 (PTI) At least 223 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 27,982, a health department official said.
The COVID-19 death toll rose to 308 with seven more persons succumbing to the infection, he said.
West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 166 of the 308 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.
Tripura currently has 4,200 active coronavirus cases, while 23,451 people have recovered from the disease and 23 patients have migrated to other states, the official said.
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At least 408 patients were discharged from G B Pant hospital, the main referral hospital for the COVID19 patients on Thursday as they had recovered from the disease.
As many as 4,09,040 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far, he added.
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