India News | Andaman & Nicobar Islands COVID-19 Tally Rises to 4,527

Port Blair, Nov 15 (PTI) Nine more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, pushing the union territory's tally to 4,527, a health department official said on Sunday.

Of the nine new cases, five have travel history, while four were detected during contact tracing, the official said.

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Eleven more people recovered from the disease taking the total number of COVID-19 recoveries in the union territory of 4,315.

The archipelago now has 151 active COVID-19 cases, while 61 people have died of the infection so far, he said.

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