Port Blair, Feb 6 (PTI) Andaman and Nicobar Islands logged 13 new COVID-19 cases, three less than the previous day, pushing the total caseload to 9,896, a health department official said on Sunday.

Of the 13 new cases, 12 were detected during contact tracing and one during testing at the airport, he said.

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The union territory now has 214 active COVID-19 cases, while 9,553 patients have recovered from the disease so far, the official said.

The COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 129 as no fresh fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours.

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The administration has tested 6,87,150 samples for COVID-19 and the cumulative test positivity rate is 1.44 per cent.

A total of 6,05,113 beneficiaries have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine in the union territory so far, the official added.

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