Sikkim reports 5 new COVID-19 cases

Gangtok, December 6 (PTI): Sikkim reported five new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 32,374, a health department bulletin said on Monday.

East Sikkim district registered three new cases, while West Sikkim logged two cases.

It had reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday.

The Himalayan state now has 214 active COVID-19 cases, while 31,414 people have recovered from the disease and 341 patients have migrated to other states, the bulletin said.

The COVID-19 death toll remained at 405 as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours.

The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 98.1 per cent while the daily positivity rate is 3.7 per cent.

A total of 2,72,505 samples have so far been tested for COVID-19, it added.