Gangtok: Sikkim recorded its biggest daily COVID-19 spike so far with 205 new cases on Friday. With this, the total number of coronavirus cases has gone up to 7,952 in the state.
For three continuous days, the state has broken its own record in number of new COVID-19 cases being reported daily. While the state reported 151 cases on Wednesday, it recorded 170 new cases on Thursday.
Up to 915 cases were recorded this week. The state has altogether reported 1,717 cases in April.
Another COVID fatality was reported in the state, once again from Central Referral Hospital (CRH), taking the tally of deaths in the hospital to four this week. CRH initiated COVID-19 treatment from April 26.
Overall, the state has seen a steady growth in the number of COVID-19 deaths with 11 fatalities recorded this week. There have been 147 coronavirus-related deaths in the state so far.
Meanwhile, East Sikkim district once again led the daily tally with 183 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. While 741 cases were recorded this week, altogether 1,335 cases were reported this month. There are 884 patients in home isolation, of which 146 are new cases from Friday. Cumulatively, the district accounts for 6,048 COVID 19 cases so far.
North Sikkim finished second on Friday, with 10 new cases recorded in the district. Crossing the 100-mark, 107 cases have been recorded in the district so far with 53 of them being recorded this month. There are 42 patients in home isolation, of which five are new additions. Five patients are admitted at Mangan District Hospital. The district hospital has only six beds for COVID patients.
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West Sikkim recorded eight new cases taking the district’s COVID-19 tally to 440. The district has recorded 88 new cases this month. There are 84 patients in home isolation, with seven being new cases from Friday. Geyzing District Hospital has room for only 21 patients.
South Sikkim recorded four new COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the district tally to 1,179 cases so far. Up to 187 cases cases have been recorded this month. There are 194 patients in home isolation with 50 of them being new cases.
A total of 818 tests were conducted on Friday in the state, with 657 RT-PCR tests accounting for 172 positive cases. Up to 154 RAT tests were conducted resulting in 33 testing positive. Seven tests were conducted through CBNAT-TRUENAT but none of them were positive.
Nineteen new recoveries were also recorded in the state on Friday but the number of active cases is still at an all-time high of 1,432. Up to 117 patients are admitted in different hospitals of Sikkim, of which 90 are at STNM Hospital. The COVID section at STNM Hospital has room for only 125 patients at one given time.
CRH has 21 COVID patients at the moment of which three are in the ICU.