At least 451 more people tested
positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Thursday, pushing the tally in the state to 23,789, a health department official said.
The death toll rose to 257 with seven more people succumbing to the infection, he said.
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West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 142 of the 257 COVID-19 deaths, the official said
Tripura currently has 6,554 active coronavirus cases, while 16,955 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty- three patients have migrated to other states, the official said.
As many as 3,71,702 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the northeastern state so far, he added.
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