India News | Tripura's COVID-19 Tally Rises to 32,897 with 6 Fresh Cases
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Monday, pushing the tally in the state to 32,897, a health department official said.
Agartala, Dec 7 (PTI) Six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Monday, pushing the tally in the state to 32,897, a health department official said.
The death toll rose to 370 after a patient succumbed to the infection, he said.
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On Sunday, 69 people were discharged from GB Pant Hospital, the main referral facility for COVID-19 patients in the state.
West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 187 of the 370 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.
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Tripura currently has 417 active coronavirus cases, while 32,087 people have recovered from the disease.
Twenty-three patients have migrated to other states, the official said.
A total of 5,41,549 sample tests have been conducted for COVID-19 in the state so far.
"The state has conducted 3,32,145 rapid antigen tests and 2,09,404 samples have been tested through by RT-PCR method," he added.
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