2 more BSF personnel test COVID-19 positive in Tripura

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2 more BSF personnel test COVID-19 positive in Tripura
Agartala, May 11 () Two more Border Security Force(BSF) jawans tested positive for coronavirus in Tripura onMonday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 154,Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said.

"In a massive COVID19 test among 750 civilian and BSFin Dhalai dist today, 2 BSF officials were found COVID-19positive. All patients are responding well to the treatment.With the blessings of Mata Tripurasundari soon our state willbe corona free," Deb tweeted.

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Earlier, addressing a press conference, Law Ministerand cabinet spokesman Ratan Lal Nath said the frequency ofcorona tests in the state is higher than the national average.

"When the national average is 1280 per million, it is2400 per million in Tripura. So far as the frequency of testsis concerned, Tripura stands fifth after Delhi, Goa, AndhraPradesh and Tamil Nadu," he said.

Nath said samples from 10,344 people were collected sofar of which 9,794 tests were completed. JOYNN NN
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