Tripura records 10th Covid death
AGARTALA: A 76-year-old man succumbed to Covid-19 in Tripura late on Thursday, taking the state’s toll to 10, while 206 fresh cases pushed the total count to 3,675, a health department official said on Friday.
The man died at the Agartala Government Medical College as he was suffering from cardiac problems and had high blood pressure as well, the official said.
A resident of Udaipur in Gomati district , Das was admitted to the hospital following chest pain on July 18. He tested for positive for coronavirus the next day.
Chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, in a tweet late on Thursday, said, “206 people found COVID-19 positive out of 4,473 samples tested.”
The number of active cases in Tripura currently stands at 1,575, while 2,072 people have recovered so far. Eighteen people have migrated out of the state.
The CM, who also holds the health portfolio, had held a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the Covid-19 situation. Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar and other senior officials of the health department were present at the meet. “Chaired a high-level meeting along with CS, DG in- charge, ADG, ACS & Senior officials of Health Department regarding the latest Covid-19 situation. Took ground reports to strengthen the fight against the pandemic in a better and effective way. We are monitoring the situation,” Deb wrote.
Chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, in a tweet late on Thursday, said, “206 people found COVID-19 positive out of 4,473 samples tested.”
The number of active cases in Tripura currently stands at 1,575, while 2,072 people have recovered so far. Eighteen people have migrated out of the state.
The CM, who also holds the health portfolio, had held a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the Covid-19 situation. Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar and other senior officials of the health department were present at the meet. “Chaired a high-level meeting along with CS, DG in- charge, ADG, ACS & Senior officials of Health Department regarding the latest Covid-19 situation. Took ground reports to strengthen the fight against the pandemic in a better and effective way. We are monitoring the situation,” Deb wrote.
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