Agartala:
At least 604 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Sunday, raising the tally in the state to 15,130, a health department official said.
The death toll rose to 144 after eight more people succumbed to the infection, he said.
West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 77 of the 144 COVID-19 deaths.
The state currently has 6,220 active cases, while 8,745 people have recovered from the disease.
Twenty-one patients have migrated to other states.
A total of 2,97,103 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, he added.
Meanwhile, the state government, in view of the surge in coronavirus cases, has invited a team of doctors from Delhi to the state for reviewing the situation.
“The team comprising experienced doctors would arrive here soon for studying the COVID-19 situation. They will provide suggestion to help us tackle the menace better,” state law minister Ratan Lal Nath, who is also the cabinet spokesperson, told reporters on Sunday.
