Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports three new cases, tally rises to 32,452

The Himalayan state has conducted 2,76,104 sample tests for Covid-19 so far

Passengers arriving from Singapore on December 2 wait for their transport at the Delhi airport that has stepped up monitoring for Covid-19 after the Omicron variant of the virus was first detected in South Africa. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
The state's coronavirus death toll stood at 406, with no fatalities reported in the past 24 hours
Press Trust of India Gangtok
1 min read Last Updated : Dec 18 2021 | 1:40 AM IST

Sikkim's COVID-19 caseload rose to 32,452 on Friday, with three new infections reported in the past 24 hours, a health department bulletin said.

East Sikkim reported all the new cases.

The state's coronavirus death toll stood at 406, with no fatalities reported in the past 24 hours.

Sikkim now has 177 active cases, while 31,528 people recovered from the disease. Altogether 341 patients have migrated to other states.

The Himalayan state has conducted 2,76,104 sample tests for COVID-19 so far.

Sikkim's COVID-19 daily positivity rate stood 1.09 per cent, while the daily recovery rate remained at 98.2 per cent.

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Topics :CoronavirusDelta variant of coronavirusSikkimCoronavirus TestsCoronavirus Vaccine

First Published: Dec 18 2021 | 1:40 AM IST

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