Agartala: The coronavirus tally spiked to 1,079 in Tripura on Sunday, with another 33 persons testing positive for COVID-19.
A total of 1,485 samples were tested on Sunday; among them, 33 persons tested positive for COVID-19; all of them have travel history.
Currently, there are 755 active COVID-19 cases in the state.
Taking to twitter, chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb wrote, “More 18 people found COVID-19 #POSITIVE in Tripura today.
All of them are from Sepahijala District and have travel history.
1485 samples have been tested today.”
More 1️⃣8️⃣ people found COVID-19 #POSITIVE in Tripura today.
All of them are from Sepahijala District and have travel history.1485 samples have been tested today.#TripuraCOVID19Count
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) June 14, 2020
Earlier, on Sunday evening, a total of 118 samples, among the existing 173 patients in Saheed Bhagat Singh Covid Care Centre, tested negative and they would be released soon, Deb wrote on Twitter.
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