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162 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths in Tripura

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Agartala:  At least 162 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 29,193 a health department official said.

The death toll rose to 320 with four more persons succumbing to the infection, he said.

West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 171 of the 320 COVID-19 deaths.

Tripura currently has 3,108 active coronavirus cases, while 25,742 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty- three patients have migrated to other states.

Altogether 371 patients were on Thursday discharged from G B Pant hospital, the main referral facility for the COVID-19 patients in the state.

As many as 4,26,748 samples have been tested for the disease in the northeastern state so far, he added. (PTI)

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