Tripura Covid-19 tally at 26,362 with 296 fresh cases; three more deaths

At least 296 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 26,362 a health department official said

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Health workers in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kit taking a dead body for the cremation of a patient who died from Covid-19
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1 min read Last Updated : Oct 02 2020 | 8:22 PM IST

At least 296 more people tested

positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 26,362 a health department official said.

The death toll rose to 283 with three more patients succumbing to the infection, he said.

West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, accounted for 155 of the 283 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.

Altogether 504 patients were cured of the disease and discharged from G B Pant Hospital, the main referral facility for COVID-19 patients, since Thursday.

Tripura currently has 5,483 active coronavirus cases, while 20,573 people have recovered from the disease.

Twenty-three patients have migrated to other states, he said.

A total of 3,94,385 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the northeastern state so far, he added.

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First Published: Oct 02 2020 | 8:20 PM IST

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