122 Student Monks Infected As Sikkim Clocks Highest Daily Covid Spike

Sikkim has so far recorded 14,214 Covid cases and 240 deaths. Out of these, 103 deaths were recorded since April 22 this year.

Within days of nearly 100 monks testing positive for Covid in Sikkim, at least 122 monks who are students at the Nyingma Institute in Martam have tested positive for the infection. Sikkim today recorded its highest single-day spike of Covid infections, clocking 408 new cases over the past 24 hours. The total number of active cases in the Himalayan state now stands at 3,604. The Nyingma Institute is a centre for providing education in higher buddhist studies and philosophy. According to officials from the institute, 215 people from the premises were tested for Covid and 122 were found to be infected -- a positivity rate of 56.74 per cent.