Port Blair, Dec 9 (PTI) Andaman and Nicobar Islands COVID-19 tally rose to 4,778 as five more persons tested positive for the virus, a health department official said on Wednesday.

Of the five fresh cases, one was detected during contact tracing, while four have travel history, he said.

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Sixteen more people were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to 4,647, the official said.

The Union Territory now has 70 active COVID-19 cases, while 61 people have so far died due to the infection, he said.

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The Andaman and Nicobar administration has conducted 1,42,665 sample tests for COVID-19 so far, he added.

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