AGARTALA, July 29 (TIWN): Tripura’s COVID-19 Situation declining relentlessly with 21 deaths in state and total Positive Case 4287. Recovery cases in the state are 2621. When state's COVID-19 situation is deteriorating with 21 deaths reported so far, Sephaijala Dist DM, SP, more staffs also tested COVID-19 Positive. Earlier, in other Depts also COVID-19 outbreak was witnessed and now Doctors, Medical staffs are getting infected at a large nu,ber. “The DM, SP & some other staff of Sepahijala District Administration have been found COVID19 positive. They all have performed commendable works in this fight against COVID19. I pray to Mata Tripurasundari for speedy recovery of all infected persons”, Tripura CM said in a social media post. Health officials said that District Magistrate Chandra Kumar Jamatia, and SP Krishnendu Chakraborty have tested positive.

"At least 50 contacts of the DM and the SP are likely to be infected. Efforts are on to test the samples of the suspected and contact persons," a health official said.

A state government official said that other officials would be appointed during the treatment of the infected officials.

In Tripura, eight more persons lost their lives due to Covid-19 during the past 24 hours at the Agartala Government Medical College and Hospital, taking the death toll to 21.

So far, the state has registered 4,288 positive cases, while 2,467 have recovered from the disease and 18 patients migrated to other states.

Of the total cases including doctors, officials and police personnel, Sepahijala topped among the eight districts in Tripura with 1,028 Covid-19 cases and two deaths.