Port Blair, Oct 30 (PTI) Sixteen more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands taking the union territory's tally to 4,305 on Friday, an official said.

The COVID-19 death toll in the union territory rose to 59 with one more person succumbing to the infection, the official said.

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Thirteen infections were detected during contact tracing while three patients have travel history, he said.

Fifteen more people have been cured of the disease, the official said.

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The Union territory now has 192 active coronavirus cases, while 4,054 people have recovered from the disease, he said.

The administration has tested 86,715 samples for COVID-19 so far, the official added.

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