Three ministers, two legislators test COVID-19 positive in Sikkim

Three cabinet ministers of Sikkim government and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators have tested positive for COVID-19.

All legislators and staff of the state legislative assembly were tested for the virus yesterday ahead of the one-day assembly session that will be held on Monday.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has tested negative for COVID-19.

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On Friday, a female health worker was among three more COVID-19 fatalities in Sikkim, where the death toll mounted to 25.

The 49-year-old health worker, posted as an Assistant Nursing Superintendent (ANS) in STNM Hospital, died due to the contagion. She had comorbid conditions.

Sikkim reported 29 fresh infections since Thursday, taking the tally to 2,304, including 422 active cases while a total of 1,857 people have been cured of the disease.

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