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A total of 46 COVID-19 patients in Tripura were discharged from Bhagat Singh COVID Care Centre after they tested successively tested negative.

Informing about it in a tweet Chief Minister Biplab Deb said, “Happy to share that 46 COVID19 patients have been released today from Bhagat Singh COVID Care Center after their test results came NEGATIVE. ”

“I appreciate the efforts of Health staffs. May the other patients recover soon!” the tweet added.

Tripura on Tuesday reported the first COVID-19 death.

 

A resident of West Tripura district, the patient was suffering from hypertension.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday further informed that a total of 1,450 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the state on the day, out of which 26 were found positive for the virus.

The state’s overall COVID-19 tally has now reached to 867.