GANGTOK, Sept 14 - Three more people have succumbed to Coronavirus in Sikkim, thus taking the death toll to 16.
As per Health Department sources, a 42-year-old woman from Development area passed away after she was admitted in STNM Hospital on September 8. She was also a dialysis patient. Again, a 61-year-old woman from Shantinagar at Singtam also passed away today at the STNM Hospital. She was suffering from comorbidities.
Similarly, a 68-year-old man from Bojoghari here passed away at the STNM Hospital. He was a dialysis patient too.
Meanwhile, East district continues to remain an active zone of transmission of Coronavirus with 31 new cases as per the latest health bulletin.
State capital Gangtok and its periphery has continued to show daily increase in the number of cases with as many as 10 cases from different localities. There are now 567 active cases while 1,505 have been cured and discharged. With 16 deaths, there are a total of 2,086 Covid cases.
