Gangtok, Jun 25 (PTI) Two more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Sikkim on Thursday, taking the total tally in the state to 85, a health department official said.

One of them is a 21-year-old woman from south Sikkim, who had recently returned from Bihar, and the other a 49- year-old GREF worker in east Sikkim, who arrived in the state from Uttar Pradesh, director general (DG)-cum-secretary, health department, Dr Pema T Bhutia, said.

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Both of them are undergoing treatment in isolation wards of local hospitals.

Of the 85 cases in the state, 39 have recovered from the viral disease so far.

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Sikkim currently has 46 active cases, Bhutia added.

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