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Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports 112 fresh cases, one more fatality

Seventy people had tested positive for coronavirus in the state on Sunday

Coronavirus pandemic: Seven new cases take Sikkim's tally to 32,517

Sikkim now has 58 active Covid cases

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports 4 new cases, one death

All four cases were reported from East Sikkim district

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim logs two fresh cases, one more fatality

The two fresh cases were reported from West Sikkim

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

Sikkim reports 6 new Covid-19 infections; case tally rises to 32,449

The Himalayan state now has 179 active Covid cases

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports 5 more infections in last 24 hours

The state's caseload is now 32,436

Covid-19 pandemic: Ten new infections take Sikkim's tally to 32,369

Sikkim now has 215 active cases

Sikkim: 65 inmates, staffers of prison among 76 new Covid patients

The state's death toll remained unchanged at 403

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports 10 new cases, tally rises to 32,252

The Himalayan state's coronavirus death toll stood unchanged at 403

Sevoke-Rangpo railway line to spur socio-economic devpt in Sikkim: Minister

The railway link between West Bengal and Sikkim, which is expected to be completed by 2023, will spur socio-economic development in the Himalayan state, Minister of State for Railways said

52-km-long Bengal-Sikkim rail link to be operational by Dec 2023: Railways

Construction of the rail line, which will have six stations, started in 2009 when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was the railway minister.

Heavy rain cuts off highway linking Gangtok, floods North Bengal areas

Torrential rains pounded the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim and the tea growing region of North Bengal

Sikkim coronavirus update: Logs 40 new Covid-19 cases, 1 fresh fatality

Sikkim's Covid-19 tally rose to 31,266 on Sunday as 40 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the Himalayan state's coronavirus death toll to 386.

Sikkim orders reopening of institutions of higher learning from Tuesday

All government, private, private-aided and unaided schools will, however, remain close till October 31 as per a circular issued two days ago.

Landslides cut off Sikkim from rest of India, clearing works on: Officials

Landslides, triggered by heavy rains, blocked the National Highway 10, cutting off Sikkim from the rest of the country

Niti Aayog releases NER District SDG Index report; East Sikkim tops chart

East Sikkim has topped in terms of meeting sustainable development goals in the Niti Aayog's North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report 2021-22 and Nagaland's Kiphire featured at the bottom

Sikkim coronavirus update: 217 new cases, one more fatality

Sikkim reported 217 more Covid-19 cases, which took the tally to 27,342, while one fresh fatality pushed the toll to 349, according to a bulletin released by the state health department on Wednesday.

Sikkim reports 137 new coronavirus cases, one more fatality in 24 hours

Sikkim reported 137 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours pushing the caseload to 22,929, a health department bulletin said on Thursday. Of the fresh cases, 72 were registered in South Sikkim, followed by 46 in East Sikkim and 19 in West Sikkim. The death toll in the Himalayan state has risen to 318 after one more patient succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the bulletin said. Sikkim now has 2,322 active cases, while 20,029 people have recovered from the infection, and 260 patients have migrated to other states. The state has so far tested 1,76,218 samples for COVID-19, including 660 in the past 24 hours. The COVID-19 positivity rate and recovery rate of the state are 20.7 per cent and 88.3 per cent respectively.

China building concrete camps few km from Naku La in Sikkim, Eastern Ladakh

Chinese Army is building permanent concrete structures near the Line of Actual Control, which will allow its troops access the disputed areas with India in a very short time