Kohima, Jan 11 (PTI) Nagaland's COVID-19 tally rose to 32,331 on Tuesday as 29 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said.

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The state had reported 32 fresh COVID-19 infections on Monday.

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The north-eastern state's coronavirus death toll remained at 703 as no patient succumbed to the disease for the fifth consecutive day.

At present, there are 112 active COVID-19 cases in the state, while 30,424 patients have recovered from the infection thus far.

The coronavirus recovery rate now is 94.10 per cent, the official said.

Altogether 1,092 COVID-19 patients have migrated to other states to date.

As many as 3,098 beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years have been inoculated in the state till Monday.

A total of 13,47,257 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 7,63,868 people in the state thus far, the health official said.

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