Tripura reports 525 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths

At least 525 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Sunday, pushing the tally in the state to 22,032, a health department official said.

The death toll rose to 239 with four more people succumbing to the infection, he said.

West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 133 of the 239 COVID-19 deaths, officials said.

Tripura currently has 6,983 active coronavirus cases, while 14,787 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty-three patients have migrated to other states, the official said.

As many as 3,56,357 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the northeastern state so far, he added.

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