AGARTALA, Oct 6 - At least 275 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura today, pushing the tally in the State to 27,308, a Health Department official said.
The death toll rose to 298 with two more people succumbing to the infection, he said. West Tripura district, of which State capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 161 of the 298 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.
Tripura currently has 4,879 active coronavirus cases, while 22,108 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty-three patients have migrated to other States, he said.
Officials said 255 patients were discharged from the GB Pant Hospital, the main referral hospital for COVID-19 patients, on Monday after they were cured. As many as 4,02,297 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the State so far, he added. � PTI
