Agartala, May 13 (TIWN) Only one BSF official tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura on Tuesday, taking the total number of positive cases among the paramilitary troopers and their kin in the state to 151, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said.

Deb, in a tweet, said : "Today (Tuesday) in COVID-19 test among 710 civilians and BSF officials of 138th battalion in Dhalai district, one BSF official found COVID-19 positive.

"All COVID-19 patients are under proper medication, and a team of expert doctors are taking care of them. I pray for their speedy recovery."

Since May 2, in all 151 positive cases -- 125 BSF personnel, including officers in two battalions (86th and 138th) and 25 family members (14 children and 11 women) as well as a civilian mess worker - were found Covid-19 positive. However, on Monday and Tuesday, there have been only three new cases, a development termed "very positive" by the Tripura health officials.

The officials said that in the Dhalai district in northern Tripura, so far samples of 2,182 people, comprising BSF personnel and civilians were collected and 2,006 of them tested.