Tripura's COVID-19 caseload rises to 5,523; death toll mounts to 28

Agartala, August 4 (PTI): Tripura's COVID-19 caseload increased to 5,523 on Tuesday with the detection of 131 fresh infections, while one more fatality pushed its coronavirus death toll to 28, an official said.

A 55-year-old COVID-19 patient, hailing from Udaipur in Gomati district, died at the Agartala Government Medical College here on Monday. He was suffering from liver ailments, the official said.

The fresh infections have pushed the number of active cases in Tripura to 1,802, while 3,675 people have recovered from the disease and 18 patients have migrated to other states, he said.

Tripura has so far tested 1,84,230 samples for COVID- 19, the official added.