Port Blair, Aug 22 (PTI) Sixty-one more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the Union territory's tally to 2,808 on Saturday, a health official said.

As many as 109 more people have been cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,853, he said.

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The fresh infections have pushed the number of active cases in the islands to 923, the official said.

Thirty-two patients have succumbed to the infection so far, he said.

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A total of 73,933 tests per million have been conducted in the Union territory so far, the official added.

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