Eight corona+ infections in Sikkim

Eight persons on Sunday tested positive for novel coronavirus in Sikkim, taking the total number of Covid-19 in the state to 78, an official said.

 

Out of the eight new cases, four are from a single quarantine centre in the state capital, Director General-cum- Secretary, Health, Dr Pema



T Bhutia said.

 

All of them have been admitted to the isolation ward of the STNM Hospital near here, he said.

 

The other four cases were reported from a quarantine facility in South Sikkim and they have been shifted to the isolation ward of a hospital in Namchi.