Gangtok: On Tuesday, the state has reported 24 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 31,561, according to the health department's bulletin. The death toll due to the disease remained unchanged at 388 as no fresh deaths were reported. Of the new cases, East Sikkim district reported 18, followed by West Sikkim (4) and South Sikkim (2). The Himalayan state now has 421 active cases, while 316 patients have migrated to other states.
Overall, 30,436 coronavirus-infected people have recovered from the disease, the bulletin said. Sikkim has tested 469 samples for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of such tests so far to 2.51 lakh. The state's Covid-19 positivity and recovery rates are 5.1 per cent and 97.4 per cent respectively, the bulletin said.
Meanwhile, the situation of Covid-19 in India is improving. According to data from the Union Health Ministry, India reported 18,833 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its total Covid-19 count to 3,38,71,881, while the active cases came down to 2,46,687, which is 203 days. lowest in. data on Wednesday. The health ministry said that with 278 fresh deaths, the death toll of Covid-19 rose to 4,49,538. The daily increase in new coronavirus infections remained below 30,000 for the 12th day in a row. Covid-19 active cases now account for 0.73% of India's total infections, the lowest since March 2020. The active caseload has decreased by 6,215 cases in the last 24 hours.
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