Tripura reports 332 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally 26,066

At least 332 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Thursday, pushing the tally in the northeastern state to 26,066 a health department official said.

Siddhartha Singh
Published on: 1 Oct 2020 9:27 AM GMT
Tripura reports 332 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally 26,066
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Tripura reports 332 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally 26,066

Agartala: At least 332 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Thursday, pushing the tally in the northeastern state to 26,066 a health department official said.

The death toll rose to 280 with six more people succumbing to the infection, he said.

West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 153 of the 280 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.

Altogether 400 patients were cured and discharged from G B Pant Hospital, the state's main referral facility for COVID-19 patients, since Wednesday.

Tripura currently has 5,694 active coronavirus cases, while 20,069 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty- three patients have migrated to other states.

The state has conducted over 3.91 lakh sample tests for COVID-19 so far, he added.

(PTI)

Siddhartha Singh

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