India News | 17 Test Positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh

Leh, Dec 14 (PTI) Seventeen people tested positive for the coronavirus in the Union Territory Ladakh, while 131 COVID-19 patients were discharged after recovery during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.

All the new cases were detected in Leh district and the Union Territory's COVID-19 tally now stands at 9,155, they said.

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With the recovery of 131 more patients, 8,380 persons have been cured of the infection, which is 92 per cent of the total cases, the officials said.

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The number of active cases in Ladakh is 652 -- 544 in Leh district and 108 in Kargil district, they said.

The death toll due to COVID-19 in the Union Territory stands at 123 – 80 in Leh and 43 in Kargil.

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