Agartala, Jul 21, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

The Covid outbreak continues to haunt Tripura—the state logged 382 new positive cases over the past 24 hours.

An official report said, tests of 4323 samples—365 RTPCR and 3958 RAT—were conducted in the past 24 hours out of which 382 samples were found Covid positive.

Among the new Covid cases, West Tripura district recorded 128 alone followed by South Tripura 66, Sepahijala 41, Dhalai 37, Khowai 12, Unakoti 27, Gomati 41 and North Tripura district 30.

With the new cases, the tally of active cases has crossed 2000-mark (now 2070) in Tripura while 218 infected persons have recovered on Thursday, the report said.

Apart from fighting the Covid outbreak, the Health department is also carrying out the vaccination drive across the state.

As on Thursday, as many as 55,59,787 doses were already administered to the eligible population—28,98,572 people received the first dose, 24,75,434 persons got the second shot and 1,85,781 persons were given the precaution dose.

The official report said, 1,20,820 Covid vaccine doses were in stock in Tripura.