With two fresh cases on Thursday, the Covid-19 positive case in Tripura rose to 244, said chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
Deb said a total of 1050 samples were tested on Thursday of which two samples tested positive for the virus.
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He said both the persons have returned from Maharashtra.
“1050 samples have been tested today for COVID-19, out of which 2 people detected #POSITIVE. Both of them have returned from Maharashtra. Positive Cases: 244 Active Cases: 74 Discharged: 167 Migrated: 03 #TripuraCOVID19Count,” Deb tweeted.
The majority of the recent cases have been detected among people returning from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and other states.
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According to the latest reports, 16,349 people out of 26,943 have completed their 14-day quarantine period and have been discharged.
The total number of people currently under surveillance is 10,594, of which 300 are in institutional quarantine and 10,294 under home-quarantine.
Officials said the total number of samples tested so far in the state is 20,871.